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¹ This irregular-sided courtyard is intended to represent the prescribed unsymmetric figure of the Spirit of the house (*Vāstu-purusha*) lying on its face. His five principal limbs are represented by the five set of staircases ascending from the ground to the high-plinthed verandahs, the head being on the landing, on the axis, from the parlour door; the right arm on the landing from the big verandah of the inner side of the dining- and the drawing-rooms; the left arm on the landing from the long verandah facing the library and the office rooms; the right leg on the landing from the verandah of the kitchen block; and the left leg on the landing from the verandah of the guest block.