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(2) Nandyāvartam alindaiḥ śālā-kudyāt pradakshiṇāntargataiḥ । Dvāraṁ paśchimam asmin vihāya śeshaṁ kāryāṇi ॥ ‘Nandyāvarta is the name of a building with terraces that from the wall of the room extends to the extremity in a direction from east to south (alias from left to right). It must have doors on every side, except the west.’—(*Brihat-Saṁhitā*, LIII, 32, *J.R.A.S.*, N. S., Vol., VI, p. 285.)

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Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit