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) v2.c15.70

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*chandaśālās* or top rooms (V. 36, 41, 49, 53); (12) Kumbha resembles the water-jar, has 9 storeys, 5 cupolas (*aṇḍas*), and is 16 cubits broad (V. 37, 49, 53); (13) Samudraka has 16 sides around, 2 *chandaśālās* (top rooms) at the two sides, 2 storeys (V. 38, 53); (14) Padma has 3 storeys, 16 corners, a variegated steeple, and is 20 cubits broad (V. 30. 39, 49, 53); (15) Garuḍa has the *gṛiharāja* (? around), 7 storeys, 3 top rooms, and is 8 cubits broad, and there should be 86 (?) compartments (*bhūmikā*, lit., storeys, V. 42) all around the outside (V. 41, 43, 51). There is a similar Garuḍa-building with 10 storeys and a second Padmaka-building with 2 storeys more (? 12 storeys, V. 43); (16) Haṁsa is 10 cubits broad (36, 51); (17) Vartula is 20 cubits broad (V. 29, 49, 53). No special description is given of the remaining: (18) Chaturaśra (four-cornered, V. 28, 53); (19) Ashṭāśra (eight-cornered, V. 29, 53); (20) Shoḍaśāśra (sixteen-cornered, V. 29, 53).¹