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2-5. Equal to the height of the principal idol (of Vishṇu), three-fourths, and one-half of it ; equal to the *utsava*¹ height (i. e., the comparative height of the idol), twice, thrice, three-and-a-half times, four times, four and a half times thereof: these are said to be the nine kinds of height (of *Garuḍa*) consisting of three in each of the three sizes, namely, the largest, etc.