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95-99. The height of the crowns of the gods being divided into twenty parts, the (height of the) side ear (*pārśvapūrita*)¹ should be nine parts, and the height (lit., breadth) of the beak (*tuṇḍa*) six parts; the front (upper) fillet (*agra-paṭṭa*) should be one part and a-half, and the threefold band (*vetraka*) three-fourths part; the fillet (*paṭṭa*) at the upper region should be half a part, and the three-fold band above one-fourth part; above that the lotus (*padma*, cyma) should be made of one part, and the height of the bud (*kuḍmala*) of two parts.