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35-38. The width of the largest type of the eight-storeyed buildings should be divided into twenty-two parts; (of these) the width of the great hall (*mahā-śālā*) in the centre of it should be eight parts; in the middle of that the compartment hall (*koshṭha-śālā*) with its portico (*bhadraka*) should be four parts: thus is described the *Mahā-kānta*.