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.s2.20

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The *Mānasāra* refers to five mouldings; the *Suprabhedāgama* describes seven; and the *Matsya-Purāṇa*, the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā*, and *Kiraṇa tantra*, each, makes mention of eight mouldings. But if the very large number of mouldings³, described in the *Mānasāra* in connection with the pedestal, the base, and the entablature, be also taken into account, the *Mānasāra* will certainly exceed all other treatises under notice. Thus in the *Mānasāra* we can detect the following mouldings,—(1) abja, ambuja, padma or saroruha (cyma); (2) antara, antarita, antarāla or antarika (fillet), (3) aṅghri; (4) aṁśu; (5) argala; (6) ādhāra; (7) āliṅga; (8) āsana; (9) bhadra; (10) bodhikā; (11) dala; (12) dhārā-(kumbha); (13) gala, grīva, kaṇṭha or kandhara (dado); (14) ghaṭa; (15) gopāna-(ka); (16) hāra (bead); (17) janman (plinth); (18) kapota; (19) kampa, kampana (fillet); (20) karṇa; (21) kumbha; (22) kumuda (torus or astragal); (23) kendra; (24) kshepaṇa, (25) mushṭi-bandha; (26) mūla; (27) mṛiṇāla or mṛiṇālikā; (28) nāṭaka; (29) nāsī; (30) nimna (drip); (31) paṭṭa or paṭṭikā (fillet); (32) prati or pratika; (33) prati-vakra; (34) prati-vājana; (35) prati-bandha; (36) pratima; (37) pāduka; (38) prastara; (39) phalakā; (40) ratna, compounded with kampa, paṭṭa, and vapra; (41) tāṭikā;⁴