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30-32. The width (from five and a-half cubits) of those five courts should be (respectively) increased by six *aṅgulas* (i.e., a quarter cubit) up to seven cubits less one quarter: these should be the measures (of the courts) from the first to the fifth; thus should be made the (measurement of the five courts of the), *Ābhāsa* class; it (the measurement) should be taken (lit. increased) from the foot of the edifice.