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35-41. The width of the corridor (*antarāla*) should be equal to, or half, or three-fourths of, or (preferably) equal to (that of) the edifice (*prāsāda*); or (this will be described) in the cubit measurement: the width of the corridor (*antarāla*) should begin from three or four cubits and end at nine or ten, the increment being by two cubits; in the corridor should be suitably built something like the pavilion (*maṇḍapa*); or the front and the two sides of the main edifice should be furnished with three pinnacles (*kūṭa*); it should be (partly) one-storeyed and (partly) of more than one storey: this is called the *Yajña-kānta*.