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Manasara 53.27

Mānasāra 53.27

Language: Sanskrit

53.27

nāgaraṃ caturaśraṃ syādaṣṭāśram drāviḍe tathā
vṛttaṃ ca vesaraṃ proktametatpīṭhākṛtistathā

Nāgara is square, and likewise Drāviḍa is octagonal; / Vesara is taught as circular: such is the form of these base pedestals.
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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