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The Brahma-sthāna or the central square is stated to be unfit for a residential building (line 15). The temple of the family god is generally built in this part. Round this are constructed all other houses (lines 16–85), such as the house for the master of the family, for his wife, for the children, for servants, for cows, horses, fowls, etc., for kitchen and dining-hall, etc., for guests, for the library or study, for the daily sacrifices of the upper castes, for amusements and music, for the dancing girls, and for all other domestic purposes. But the distribution of these several detached buildings is left to the choice of the master of the house (line 85).