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55-58. The height should be divided into nine (equal) parts; (of these) the height of the base should be one part; the height of the lotus-pedestal (*padma*) should be two parts, and the height of the ear-like cornice (*karṇa*) one part; the pitcher (*kumbha*) should be made of one part, and the neck (*kandhara*) of two parts; the leaf-ornament (*patra*) above should be one part and a half, and the fillet (*vājana*) half a part.