The Hindu Temple v1.c7.s3.11

v1.c7.s3.11

and is classified according to several standards. These are: The number of the storeys of the building to be set up and which are given up to twelve or sixteen storeys.⁹⁰ With the number of the storeys, the height of the pillar or wall of the ground floor varies. There are moreover three grades of receptacles, the best being also the largest, one cubit (hasta) square. The square casket with a length of 8 finger widths, and half as high, made of copper, seems to have been the one generally in use. Inside, the casket is divided into compartments; like the Vāstumandala, and of varying number.⁹¹ The level at which the Garbha is deposited is highest for Brāhmanas, on the topmost moulding of the base and correspondingly lower for the other castes,⁹² but above the ground, for all castes⁹³ whereas the 'Visnusamhita' (XIII. 25) prescribes that the Garbha for Vaisyas and Sūdras should be deposited below ground.