Sanatkumāra said: During the auspicious occasions such as eclipses,[2] etc. a splendid raised Maṇḍapa (platform) or kūṭa (peak-like projecting mound) shall be erected in a holy spot. The extent of the Maṇḍapa etc. shall be twenty, eighteen or sixteen[3] Hastas. A vedi (altar) extending to nine Hastas, eight Hastas or seven Hastas shall be made in the middle. The Vedikā (smaller altar) of two or one and a half Hastas is very splendid.