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(15) Garuḍa has the bird-shape around, seven storeys and three top-rooms, is 8 cubits broad, and there should be 86 storeys or compartments (bhūmikā) (v. 42) all around the outside (vv. 41, 43, 51). There is a similar Garuḍa-building with ten storeys and a second Padmaka building with two storeys more (i. e., twelve storeys, v. 43).