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6–9. The (perpendicular) length (i.e. the height) of the *Jāti* class of edifices being marked (lit. divided) up to the top, namely, the platform (*vedi*) and the other members, (such as), the neck (*grīvā*), the head (*mūrdhan*), ending at the apex (*śikhānta*), the five walls (of the five courts), namely, the *Jāti*, etc., should be extended (in height) in a line with the neck (*kandhara*, of the main edifice); and the five walls beginning with the *Chhanda* type should be measured (extending the height) to (those) members (lit. parts) of the *Chhanda* and other classes (of edifices).