Manasara 45.76

45.76

tadeva trivṛtta śobhārthaṃ yathāsopānavatkramam
tadūrdhve padmamekāṃśaṃ cārdhenāvṛtavetrakam

it may have three circular steps for beauty, like a flight of steps. / Above that, the lotus molding is one part, and the rounded torus molding is with half [a part];