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.s18.105

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(1) "Sometimes a portico is made round the garbha-griha and antarāla together. The whole being closed on all sides but the front, in which are the doors for entrance, approached by the front portico, which is generally a peristyle, and it serves as the innermost court for pradakshiṇa".
"Temples on a large scale have three or four successive porticoes (maṇḍapa) attached to them in the front, which are called ardha-maṇḍapa, mahā-maṇḍapa, sthāpana-maṇḍapa, vṛitya-maṇḍapa, etc."
"A water spout is made over the base on the back wall of the garbha-gṛiha on the left side of the idol. On the surface of the spout a cavity is made for discharging water. The spout may be made to spring from the head of a line, etc. and the whole so devised as to project like a plantain flower."
(Rāma Rāz, Ess. Arch of Hind. pp. 49, 50, 51).