Manasara 26.8

26.8

eva mūlatalādyaiśca cordhve'rdhvatalā nyaset
athavāṣṭādaśāṃśe tu kūṭahārā ca pūrvavat

Thus, beginning with the ground floor, one should arrange the storeys higher and higher. / Or, when divided into eighteen parts, the pavilions and cloistered parapets are as before;