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.s28.31
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.s28.31
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Chaturaśram avani-khāte madhyaṁ kāryaṁ tu piṇḍikā-
sv-abhre l
Dṛiśyochchhrayeṇa samā samantataḥ piṇḍikā śvabhrāt ||
"(For the construction of an emblem of Śiva), set out in the length the (measure of the) circumference of the round part and divide the whole phallus into three portions, of which the part at the bottom must be quadrangular, that in the midst octangular, and the rest round. (The same shapes are prescribed in the Mānasāra). Sink the quadrangular portion into a pit in the earth and put the middle member into the cavity of the pedestal. The pedestal is visible upwards to its cavity, in all directions, over an extent equal to its height."
(Bṛihat-saṁhitā, LVIII. 53, 54, J. R. A. S., N. S., vol. VI. p. 329, notes 1, 2).
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- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit