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.s4.27

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Nine kinds :
Evaṁ liṅga-vaśāt proktaṁ vishṇu-bera-vaśo(ād u)chyate ।
Mūla-bera-samaṁ vāpi netrāntaṁ vā puṭāntakam ।
Hanvantaṁ bāhu-sīmāntaṁ stanāntaṁ hṛidayāntakam ।
Nābhyantaṁ meḍhra-sīmāntaṁ nava-mānaṁ chotsavodayam ।
Tad-ardhaṁ kautukotsedhaṁ kanyasādi trayaṁ trayam ।
(M. LXIV. 24-28).
Athavā tena mānena shoḍaśāṁśaṁ vibhājite ।
Ekaikāṁśakaṁ tasmāt pañcha-viṁśāṁśakāntakam ।
Kanyasād uttamāntaṁ syān nava-mānaṁ utsavodayam ।
Athavā mūla-berasya keśāntaṁ tu bhruvāntakam ।
Netrāntaṁ nāsikāgrāntaṁ hanvantaṁ bāhu-sīmakam ।
Stanāntaṁ hṛidayāntaṁ cha nāvyantaṁ cha navodayam ।
Kanyasād uttamāntaṁ syāt nava tad utsavodayam ।
Utsave chārdha-mānena kautukódayam īritam ।
Tan-mānaṁ chāshṭa-bhāgaikaṁ nava-bhāgāvasānakam ।
Kanyasād uttamāntaṁ syān nava-mānaṁ kautukodayam ।
(M. LV. 37-46).