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The suitable sites are stated to be gardens, woods, banks of rivers, seas or tanks (vv. 3–8); ground (v. 9); general plan (v. 10); situation of doors (v. 10); comparative measures of the length, breadth, and height (v. 11); of the adytum (garbha, v. 12), of the doors and their different parts (vv. 12–14); carvings on doors (v. 15); comparative measures of the idol, pedestal, and door (v. 16); the heights of storeys (vv. 29–30).