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The Adipurana
The three ditches are surrounded by ramparts. ||53|| The distance between these three ditches is one danda (bow's length) each, and the first ditch is fourteen dandas wide, the second twelve, and the third ten. ||54|| These ditches are progressively one-fourth, one-half, and one-third as deep as their width, meaning the first ditch is ten and a half dandas deep, the second six dandas, and the third three and a quarter dandas deep. All these ditches are of uniform width from bottom to top. ||55||
They are made of golden bricks, inlaid with precious stones, and filled with water that is very clear. These ditches are also equipped with channels for the flow of water. ||56|| The red and blue lotuses in these ditches look like ear ornaments, and they are capable of withstanding the impact of aquatic creatures' arms. Their high waves seem to be competing with the great oceans. ||57||
At a distance of four dandas from these ditches, there is a rampart, which is covered with stones that are coated with gold dust. It is six dandas high and twelve dandas wide. ||58|| The upper part of this rampart is adorned with numerous turrets. These turrets are round like a cow's hoof and bulge outwards like the belly of a pot. ||59||
Beyond this rampart of dust, there is another rampart, which is twice as high as it is wide. Its height from the base to the top is twenty-four dandas, meaning it is twelve dandas wide and twenty-four dandas high. ||60|| The front part of this rampart is made of turrets shaped like mridangas and monkey heads. This rampart is decorated with various kinds of golden bricks all around. ||61||