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16-20. As an alternative, of the eighteen parts (of the width) eth pinnacle and the chain should be as before; the great hall (*mahā-śālā*) should be six parts, and the four (other) halls, (at the corner) three parts each; the portico-hall (*bhadra-śālā*) in the middle should be one-fourth of the central hall; the antechamber hall in the interior and the portico (proper) should be made of one part each; the rest should be made as before: this is called the *Bhū-kānta*.