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85-88. Their (i.e. of the courts) breadth etc., should be measured in rod (*daṇḍa*, of four cubits) from the innermost court to the end of the extreme limit (court), they should begin from three or four rods (*daṇḍa*), and end at nine or ten rods (*daṇḍa*), the increment being by two rods (*daṇḍa*); each of these (measures) should be of three kinds (the smallest, the intermediate, and the largest); the seven courts (*prākāra*) are thus described.