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2-7. (The breadth) of the palaces of all classes of kings, of three sizes each, namely, the smallest and others (i.e., the intermediate and the largest) types, is said to begin from one hundred and eighty-one *daṇḍas* (of four cubits each) and end at two hundred and one *daṇḍas*, the increment being by two *daṇḍas*: their breadth is thus stated. The length (thereof) will be stated now it (the length) should be greater than the breadth by one-fourth, one-half, three-fourths, or twice the breadth.