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.s32.618

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“The height of the entablature is one-fourth of that of the column. It is to be divided into twenty-one parts : eight are given to the architrave, seven to the cornice, and six to the vyālam (frieze). Of the eight parts of the architrave, one is to be given to the cavetto, three to the tema or benda (uttara) with its listels, two to the cymarecta and to the upper fascia (vājana). Of the seven parts of cornice, one occupies the fillet, and the remainder the ovolo (prastara); and of the six parts of the cornice (or frieze, vyāla) three to be given to the cavetto (or fillet, vājana), two to the prati-vājana (cavetto), and one to the fillet. The projection of the vājana (fillet) of the architrave is equal to that of the capital, that of the prastara (ovolo) is twice as much, and that of the cornice equal to its own height. After making a similar division of the entablature, our author (Mānasāra) lays down the following rule respecting the projection of the members. The height of the architrave being divided into four, five, six, seven or eight parts, one should be given to its projection beyond the pillars. The Kapota (corona) projects equal to its height, or to three-fourths of it, and the vājana (fillet) one-fourth. The āliṅga (fillet) recedes about one diameter, and the antarita (fillet) projects equal to its own height, and the same may be said of the prati.” (Rām Rāz, pp. 32, 33).