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.s31.44

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Āyādi-sampad-arthaṁ tu vistāre chāyatau tathā ।
Utsedhe chaiva hastānāṁ samyak sampūrṇatāṁ nayet ॥ 13
Vistārāt kevalaṁ vātha vāyāmād unnates tathā ।
Vistārāyāma-saṁsargād āyādyaṁ parigṛihyatām ॥ 14
Ashṭa-tri-tri-ashṭabhir hitvāshṭa-manvarka-bhair bhajet ।
Āyo vyayaś cha yoniś cha nakshatraṁ śeshato bhavet ॥ 15
Triṁśad āpnuta paryantaṁ tithir vāṇaṁ tu saptabhiḥ ।
Athavānya-prakāreṇa chāyādyaṁ parigṛihyatām ।
Dvayor bhyāṁ dvayārdhasya vistāraṁ dvayārdhaṁ nāhaṁ tu nāhakam ॥ 16
Ashṭa-nandāgni-vasubhir gaṇayen nanda-nanda-nāha ।
Arka-dig-vasu-bhāḥ-sapta-navabhiś cha kramād bhajet ॥ 17
Āyādyaṁ pūrva-vat proktam āyādhikaṁ śubha-pradam ।
Yajamānasya yanmārkshe nānukūlaṁ yathā bhavet ॥ 18
Tathā parīkshya kartavyaṁ nāma nakshatrakaṁ tu vā ।
Parīkshya bahudhā kuryād ubhayaṁ vā parīkshayet ॥ 19
Sarvānukūlyaṁ sarvatra vāstu yasmān na labhyate ।
Tasmād guṇādhikaṁ grāhyam alpa-doshaṁ yathā bhavet ॥ 20
Eka-tri-pañcha-saptāṁśe dhvaja-siṁha-vṛisha-dvipāḥ ।
Pūrvād yāsu śubhā hy-ete āyādyas tv-anulobhataḥ ॥ 169