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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.s1.1104.3

Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v4.c30.s1.1104.3

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and the remaining parts should be given to the fillet (*āliṅga*), interval (*antarita*) and the dado (*gala*) (together) with the upper fillet (*uttara*) as one part. (Once again) the height should be divided into thirty four parts ; (of these) the height of the plinth (*janman*) should be three parts, and the fillet (*kampa*) should be made of half a part ; the cyma (*abja*) (and) above that the small cyma (*kshudra-padma*) should (together) be three and half parts; the fillet (*kampa*) should be half a part, the dado (*gala*) seven parts, and the interval (*antara*) one part; the fillet (*kampa*) should be made of half a part, the cyma (*padma*) of half a part, and the filament (*aṁśuka*) of two parts and a half, the corona (*kapota*) should be made of one part and a half, the fillet (*āliṅga*) of one part; the two intervals (*antara*) and the two ears (*karṇa*) should be (together) six parts, and the fillet (*uttara*) above that should be one part; the fillet (*kampa*) and the cyma (*abja*) should be half a part each, and the height of the beam (*gopāna*) should be three parts; above that the first fillet (*āliṅga*) and the (second) fillet (*vājana*) should be made of two parts only: the *Mañcha-bhadra* of these four varieties is thus described separately (lit. by names).