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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.s10.60

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.s10.60

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92-94. The height of the crown of the kings being divided into twenty-six parts, the height of the ploughshare-like fillet (*phāla-paṭṭa*) should be five parts, the crest (*chūḍa*) a half of that (i.e., two-and-a-half parts); the height of the ear (*pura*) should be five parts, and the height of (lit., width) of the bottom (i.e., lower portion) six parts.