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.s9.150

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(2) Agra-karṇa-samāyuktaṁ karṇa-kūṭa-dvayānvitam ||
Karṇa-kūṭa-vihīnaṁ vā chānyat sarvaṁ tu vāstushu ||
Chatush-koṇe chatush-kūṭaṁ tad-vistāreṇa nirmitam ||
Pañjara-dvitayaṁ kāryaṁ karṇa-kūṭa-samodayam |
Pradhānāvāsa-netrastha-netra-kūṭa-dvayaṁ nayet ||
(Kāmikāgama, XXXV. 65, 66, 73, 75).
Sarvam aṅgaṁ sabhākāraṁ karṇa-kūṭa-vivarjitam ||
Chatasras tu sabhā kāryā koṇa-kūṭa-chatushṭayam ||
(*Ibid*. XLV. 41, 44).
Kūṭa-koshṭhaka-nīḍānāṁ pramāṇaṁ iha kīrtitam |
Kūṭa-koshṭhādi-sarvāṅgaṁ māna-sūtrād bahir nayet ||
Antaḥ pramāṇa-sūtrāt tu veśanaṁ sarva-deśadam |
Chatur-asraṁ vasvasraṁ shoḍaśāsraṁ tu vartulam ||
Mastakaṁ stūpikopetaṁ karṇa-kūṭam idaṁ matam |
Madhye nāsā-samāyuktam ardha-kūṭi-samanvitam ||
Mukha-paṭṭikayopetaṁ śakti-dvaya-samanvitam |
Aneka-stūpikopetaṁ koshṭhakaṁ madhyaśo bhavet ||
Haṁsa-tuṇḍa-nibhaṁ prishṭhe śālākāraṁ mukhe mukhe |
Pañjaraṁ vihitaṁ kūṭa-koshṭhayor antaraṁ dvijāḥ ||
Pārśva-vaktraṁ tad evāshṭaṁ hasti-tuṇḍa-sa-maṇḍanam |
Esha jāti-kramāt proktaḥ karṇa-koshṭha-samanvitām ||
Madhye kūṭaṁ tayor madhye kshudra-koshṭhādi-śobhitam |
Chhandam etat samuddishṭaṁ kūṭaṁ vā koshṭhakaṁ tu vā ||
Antara-prastāropetaṁ nimnaṁ vonnataṁ eva vā |
Vikalpam iti nirdishṭam ābhāsaṁ tad vimiśritam ||
(*Ibid*. LV. 123-130).
(3) Prastarād ūrdhva-bhāge tu karṇa-kūṭa-samāyutam ||
(Suprabhedāgama, XXX. 30).