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37-41. The height above the eleventh storey should be divided into thirteen parts increased by one; of these parts, the height of the base (*kuṭṭima*) is said to be four parts; the height of the pillar should be eight parts, and half of that the height of the entablature; the finial (*śikhā*) should be half a part, and the remainder of the height should be distributed as before: this is the twelfth storey, its height should be discreetly distributed (to different members),