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103-108. Nine chambers should be made on the pedestal (*pīṭha*), the ruby should be engraved in the centre, the diamond in the east; the coral in the south-eastern chamber, the sapphire in the south; the cat's eye in the south-west, and the emerald in the west; the topaz in the north-west, and the pearl in the north; and the sapphire, according to rules, should be engraved by the wise man on the north-eastern chamber.