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.s32.617

v1.c6.s32.617

"The height of the capital, which is made after the manner of the Phalaka, is three quarters of the lower diameter of the column, and is divided into thirteen parts; two are given to the abacus, one to the fillet, two to the Maṇḍana, seven to the cymarecta, and one to the cymbia. The upper part of the shaft, about one and a half diameters below the capital, being divided into twenty-four parts, three are given to the collarino with its fillet, three to the ovolo, three to the lower collarino, five to the lower torus with its cymatia, and ten below to the strings of pearls (muktādāma). The projection of the capital is one diameter, or about an eighth part beyond that of the lowest part of the base, the fillet projects the full, and the torus three-quarters of their respective heights.”