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According to the *Brihat-saṁhitā* as explained by its commentator, Utpala, both *Vaṁśa* (backbone) and *śirā* (artery or vein) would be identical with the several east-west and north-south lines by which the ground-plans are divided into several plots assigned to the aforesaid forty-five deities :

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Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit