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148–152\. The height (of the door) being divided into eight parts, the lintel (*masūraka*) should be one part; twice that should be the height of the pillar (or the base, lit., foot), and a half of that the height of the entablature (*prastara*); equal to that should be the height of the neck (*grīva*), and the height of the cupola-like termination (*śikhā*) two parts; one-half of that should be the height of the dome (*stūpi*) and the head (*śiras*) should be shaped like a hall (*śālā*), or together with the wall (*bhitti*) it should be shaped like the nose (*nāsikā*).