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21-23. The nine kinds of height, consisting of three kinds in each of the smallest and the other (i.e., the intermediate and the largest) types, should begin from two cubits, and end at four cubits, the increment being by six *aṅgulas* (i.e., a quarter cubit) : thus should be the height of the main door of a building of the intermediate size.