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) v4.c30.s1.1104.2

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the fillet (*kampa*) should be half a part, so also the cyma (*abja*), and the height of the corona (*kapota*) should be three parts ; the fillet (*āliṅga*), the interval (*antarita*), and the cavetto (*prativājana*) should be half a part, half a part and one part and a half respectively. The height of the pedestal (in the third variety) being divided into thirty-three parts, the plinth (*upāna*) is said to be two parts ; above that the fillet (*kampa*) should be half a part, and the large cyma (*mahāmbuja*) two parts and half ; above that the small cyma (*kshudrābja*) should be one part and a half, the fillet (*kampa*) half a part, and the interval (*antarita*) above two parts ; the fillet (*kampa*) should be half a part, so also the cyma (*padma*), and the height of the fillet (*paṭṭikā*) one part ; the cyma (*padma*) should be half a part, so also the fillet (*kampa*), and its dado (*gala*) should be five parts ; the fillet (*uttara*) above should be one part, the fillet (*kampa*) half a part, and so also the cyma (*ambuja*) ; the corona (*kapota*) should be one and half parts, and the cavetto (*prativājana*) should be equal to that; above that the interval (*antarita*) and the ear (*karṇa*) should be three parts, (together) and the fillet (*uttara*) one part; the fillet (*kampa*) should be half a part, so also the cyma (*padma*), and the height of the corona (*kapota*) should be three parts;