Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v1.c6.141

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) v1.c6.141

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(1) Pañchadhotsedham utkṛishṭaṁ mānāt pañcha-vidhaṁ nāma ।
> Śāntikaṁ paushṭikaṁ śreshṭhaṁ pārshṇikaṁ (also, jayadam) madhya-māne tu ।
> Hīnam tu dvayaṁ ta(*d*)-dvi-guṇaṁ chādbhutaṁ kathitam ।
> Karādhikodayaṁ harmye sarvakāmikam udīritam। (M. XI. 20-23).
> Śāntikaṁ paushṭikaṁ jayadaṁ chādbhutaṁ uttuṅgaṁ sarva-kāmikam (M. XI 76).
A clear statement of the rule :
Tad-vistāra-samottuṅgaṁ sapādārdhaṁ tu tuṅgakam ।
Tri-pādādhikam utsedhaṁ vistāraṁ dvi-guṇodayam ।
Prathamaṁ śāntikotsedhaṁ dvitīyaṁ paushṭikodayam ।

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Mānasāra — Sanskrit