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Ch. VIII – Prakīrṇakādhyāyaḥ 193 17. The Sūrppa type of houses without Śālā (main building or hall) to the South and West, cause misfortune. The Lāṅgala type of houses are suitable for courtesans and people of that ilk. Sūrppa houses are for cruel avocations (Ugropojīvinām), 18. In Lāṅgala and sūrppa type of houses and in all those with only one main building, a wall with a door must be disposed so as to border them where there is no main buildings. 19. Dvāraśobhā, Dvāraśālā, Dvāraprāsāda, Harmya, and Dvāragopura– these are five respective divisions of gateways (Gopuras). Now the Śrīdhara and other palaces 20. The Śrīdhara type of palace is known with one section having four pillars and four latticed doors and it is adorned with bells hang- ing from the roof. It belongs to the Māḍa variety. 21. In a land measuring 25 hands (lengthwise) and 15 hands ( in breadth), 9 Padas should be kept reserved in the centre and two walls will be erected on the half segment. 22. That Māḍa type of palace will be five-storeyed and the central part consists of sixteen pillars. The Bhadra will be constructed on the second half storey and in a part there will be four pillars. 23. Pratāpavardhana is auspicious with four doors in the four direc- tions. There the portico will be 1/3rd in breadth and the central offset will be from another part. 24 Pratibhadra¹ consists of ten pillars and there will be 6 pillars at the centre and 5 in the outer part. In the Bhadra (central offset in the plan) Māḍa will be constructed above the second storey and in the (other type of) house it will be above the fifth storey.

1. Pratibhadra:– Sub-division in plan 8 elevation, adjoining the Bhadra