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64–67. According to some, the lamp-post in front of the house should be proportionate to the height of the building; the nine kinds (of height), consisting of three in each of the smallest, and the other types, should extend up to the entablature (*prastara*), platform (*vedikā*), the neck (*grīvā*), beam (or pillar, *daṇḍaka*), nose (or vestibule, *nāsikā*), abacus (*phalakā*), lotus (*padma*), pitcher (*ghaṭa*), or up to the top of the pinnacle (*stūpikā*).