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Ch. VI – Śālādi gṛhalakṣaṇam 145 26. Catuḥśālā type of houses will have 256 varieties. The variety may increase up to 1000, and like the previous one, each of them may have eight varieties again. 27. According to Viśvakarmā the number of Śālā houses will be one Crore, fifteen lakh and forty eight thousand. 28. One, two, three, four Śālā houses can be constructed through the Prastāra principle. The principle of combination (of one to four Śālā houses) will apply for houses from the fifth to tenth. Śālā houses or the mutual combination of these Śālā houses will give rise to the fifth to tenth Śālā houses. Such as 29. By the addition of Catuḥśālā and Ekaśālā one form of Pañcaśālā house will be formed. Pañcaśālā type of houses will have six ways of formation. Other combina- tion⁴ will be of Triśālā and Dviśālā, two Ekaśālās and one Triśālā, two Dviśālās and one Ekaśālā, three Ekaśālās and one Dviśālā or five Ekaśālās. 30-31. Likewise there will be combinations for six Śālā houses and oth- ers. There will be nine ways of combinations for six Śālā houses and eleven ways for Saptaśālā. 32. Aṣṭaśālā houses will have 15 types of combination and Navaśālā houses will have 8 combinations. Twenty three varieties of com- bination are given for the application of Daśaśālā. 33. The name which is other than the birth name acquired by the birth star is kept for welfare. The auspicious and inauspicious characters should be determined by this method for the King's palace, house and village. 34. As the names of the moat, fort, city, village etc have been named differently by the wise men after consideration, similarly the names of the dwelling places will be named. 4. 1. 4 Śālā + 1 Ekaśālā 2. 3 Śālā+ 1 Dviśālā 3. 3 Śālā + 2 Ekaśālās 4. 2 Dviśālā + 1 Ekaśālā 5. 1 Dviśālā+ 3 Ekaśālā 6. 5 Ekaśālās