"Brihat Samhita", a 6th-century encyclopedia of a range of topics from horticulture to astrology to gemology to "murti" and temple design, specifies in Chapter 56 that the "Pratima" ("Murti") height should be formula_1 of the sanctum sanctorum's door height, the "Pratima" height and the sanctum sanctorum room's width be in the ratio of 0.292, it stand on a pedestal that is 0.146 of sanctum room width, thereafter the text describes 20 types of temples with their dimensions.