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21-27. The width of the eighth-storey being divided into nineteen parts, the width of the pinnacles (*kūṭa*) should be one part each, and the great hall (*mahā-śālā*) five parts; the antechamber (*anuśālā*) should be three parts, and the corridor between the chains (*hārāntara*) two parts, the width of the portico-hall (*bhadra-śālā*) should be three-fourths of the great hall (*mahā-śālā*); the rest should be made as before, then there may be an alternative: the central hall (*madhya-śālā*) should be made of five parts, and the portico at its middle should be fittingly made; the rest should be constructed as before: this is known as the *Bhūpa-kānta*.