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³ How this defect may occur has presented difficulties to several authorities on the subject. The *Bṛihat-saṁhitā* has attempted an unscientific and mythological explanation. According to it the plots assigned to Brahmā and other superior deities should not be polluted by throwing remains of food and other refuse on them: this explanation, if it architecturally imply anything at all, would mean that certain plots of the ground-plan should be reserved as sacred places:—

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Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit