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(*b*) The names (vv. 28–30), description of architectural details (vv. 31–46), measures (vv. 47–51), and division (vv. 53–54), of twenty kinds of buildings (temples) :
> (1) Meru has 100 cupolas (śṛiṅgha), 16 storeys (bhūmikā), many variegated spires (śikharas), and is 50 cubits broad (vv. 28, 31, 53).