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Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 113 Aparājita 55. Dividing the measurement of the land by nine, the door is to be erected on the fourth part of the left side and in the sequence of Indra, Gṛhakṣata, Puṣpadanta and Bhallāṭaka. If the door is erected on the back side, there may be fear of diseases and if erected in the middle there will be grief and a lot of fear. 56-58. The plot of land is to be divided into 9 x 9 and the secondary door (Upadvāra) may be erected on the position of Jayanta, Indra, Āditya, as well as Satya, Bhṛṣa, Ambara, Puṣna, Vitatha, Gṛhakṣata, Gandharva, Bhṛṅga, Mṛga, Pitṛ, Dvāstha, Sugrīva, Puṣpadanta, Varuṇa, Mukhya, Bhallāṭa, Soma, Aditi and Diti. 59. The door adorned with two latticed windows will be half of the Śālā door in height. Whether a door is divided into three or two parts, the crest is to be constructed uniformly. 60-61a. A door above the door will be equal or short in size than the former one. In front of the entrance of a house, a circumambulatory passage is to be constructed. Its position is appreciated if it is below the 1 16th below the level of the build- ing, otherwise it should be discarded. 61b-62. The main entrance (Pratolī) will be thrice, four or five times more in measurement than the Śālā. The best type of the main en- trance is 15 hands long in height, the medium one is 13 hands and the smaller one is eleven hands long. 63. By sequence their widths are 8, 7 and 6 hands respectively. They may be 3, 2 and 1storied with plenty of decoration. 64. For a house, if the panel is on the right side and the door-bolt on the left, it is regarded as auspicious. Both the door panels are to be joined with the bodily frame, and the frames will be connected with half of the bodily frame.