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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.s32.655

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.s32.655

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Vitruvius has not given any instructions on this order. Gwilt (Encycl. art. 2596) gives Palladio's details of this order. "To the pedestal's height this master assigns 3 diameters and three-eighths of the column adding to it a lower plinth of the height of half a diameter. He makes the base of the column half a diameter in height and assigns to the shaft eight diameters and a little more than one-fourth, and cuts it into twenty-four flutes. The height of this capital is one diameter and a sixth . . . . . The architrave, frieze and cornice he makes a little less than a fifth part of the height of the column. The whole height of his profile in our measures is thirteen modules and twelve parts."