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Manasara 24.12

Mānasāra 24.12

Language: Sanskrit

24.12

tadgrīvādi śikhāntaṃ ca vipulākṛtikaṃ bhavet
tadeva śikharosvaśraṃ svastikāntamiti smṛtam

Its [form] from the neck to the finial should have a broad shape. / When that same pinnacle is octagonal, it is known as Svastikānta.
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Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Acharya 1927, English