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50-54. In the houses of the Brahmans and the kings (Kshatriyas) the entrance door should be constructed on the left of the middle line across the length (of the house); similarly doors should be constructed in the houses of other people also; but in the edifice (temple) of the gods, the doors should be constructed at the middle of the house, (i.e., not on the left of the middle line across the length).¹