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Columns admit almost of all shapes (lines 20-23). A quadrangular (four-sided) pillar is called Brahma-kānta; an octangular one is called Vishṇu-kānta; a sixteen-sided or circular one is known as Rudra-kānta; a pentagonal one is called Śiva-kānta; and a hexagonal column is called Skanda-kānta. These columns are stated to be uniform from bottom to top; but the bases of these may be quadrangular (lines 24-25).