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27-33. Of the eleven parts of the height, the (first) base (*masū-raka*) should be one part; the height of the pillar should be three parts, and that of the entablature one part; above that should be the (second) plinth, and equal to that should be the (second) base (*masū-raka*); the height of the (second) pillar should be twice that, and the height of the entablature half of the latter; the height of the platform (*vedi*) should be equal to that, and the height of the neck one part; the height of the spherical roof (*śikhara*) should be two parts, and that of the small dome (*stūpa*) one part; the sixth kind of two-storeyed buildings is thus described.