Brihat Samhita

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चातुर्वर्ण्यव्यासो द्वात्रिंशत् सा चतुश्चतुर्हीना । आषोडशादिति परं न्यूनतरं अतीव हीनानाम् ॥ ५३-१२ ॥

The houses of the four castes from the Brāhmaṇas downwards are also of five sorts-the breadths of the houses being 32, 28, 24, 20 and 16 cubits. A house less than 16 cubits broad shall be for the use of the men of low class.

english translation

cAturvarNyavyAso dvAtriMzat sA catuzcaturhInA । ASoDazAditi paraM nyUnataraM atIva hInAnAm ॥ 53-12 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript