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.c6.79

v1.c6.79

Athātaḥ saṁpravakshyāmi aṅgulānāṁ tu lakshaṇaṁ ।
Mānāṅgulaṁ tu prathamaṁ syāt mātrāṅgulaṁ dvitīyakam ॥ 1.
Deha-labdha-pramāṇaṁ tu tritīyaṁ aṅgulaṁ smṛitaṁ ।
Yasmāt paraṁ aṇur nāsti paramāṇus tad uchyate ॥ 2.
Paramāṇur adhaś chaivāpi cha keśāgra eva cha ।
R(l)ikshā-yūkā-yavās tatra kramaśo'shṭa-guṇair matam ॥ 3.
Mānāṅgulam iti proktaṁ tato mātrāṅgulaṁ śṛiṇu ।
Āchārya-dakshiṇe haste madhyamāṅguli-madhyame ॥ 4.
Parva(ṁ) mātrāṅgulaṁ jñeyaṁ deha-labdhāṅgulaṁ śṛiṇu ।
Pratimāyās tathotsedhe tāla-gaṇyena bhājite ॥ 5.
Teshvekaṁ bhāga-van-mānāṁ deha-labdhāṅgulaṁ smṛitaṁ ।
The objects measured in the three kinds of aṅgulas :
Prāsāda-maṇḍapāṁś chaiva prākārān gopurān api ॥ 6.
Grāmādya-kshetra-gaṇyeshu mānāṅgula-vidhānataḥ ।
Āchārya-dakshāṅgulibhir mite vyāsa-mitādhikaiḥ (sic) ॥ 7.
Kūrche pavitrake chaiva sruve srugbhir athānyakaiḥ ।
Yāgē prayojitānīha mātrāṅguli-vidhiś charet ॥ 8.
Atha mānāṅgulair vāpi kārayed yāga-karmaṇi ।
Deha-labdhāṅgulenaiva pratimāṁ kārayed budhaḥ ॥ 9.