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Like villages, Śālās are divided into six classes, namely, daṇḍaka, svastika, maulika, chatur-mukha, sarvato-bhadra, and vardhamāna (lines 3–4). Some of these with a certain number of halls are stated to be temples while others varying in the number of rooms are meant for the residences of different castes (lines 32–37). A distinction is made with regard to the number of storeys they should be furnished with (lines 78, 359–373, etc.). The maximum number of storeys a śālā has is twelve as usual. All the storeys of all these śālās are described in detail (lines 5–401).