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29-33. The width of the eight-storeyed building being divided into twenty-one parts, the great hall in the centre should be constructed of seven parts; in the middle of that the central hall (*madhya-śālā*) together with its portico (*bhadraka*) should be made of five parts; beyond that of three parts should be made the portico-hall (*bhadra-śālā*); the rest should be made as before: this is known as the *Svarga-kānta*.