Manasara 28.20
Mānasāra 28.20
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- Sanskrit
28.20
pañjaraṃ śikharaṃ pādaṃ masūraṃ prastaraṃ valabhītoraṇanīḍe kalpayet
daśatalākhyavimāne citrakalpamatra mahadalpanāsikam
One should fashion the horseshoe niche, spire roof, pillar, plinth base, entablature, eaves-cornice, archway, and alcoves / in the temple tower known as the ten-storey, [executed in] diversified decoration, here with large and small gable dormers.
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iti mānasāre vāstuśāstre daśatalavidhānaṃ nāma aṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, entitled "Rules for the Ten-Storey Building", in the architectural treatise Mānasāra.
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