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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.s13.3

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.s13.3

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3–8. In comparison with the measurement of the Phallus (of Śiva), and next in order of the principal idol of Vishṇu, of the largest and the intermediate sizes, with regard to the breadth of half the adytum (central hall), to the breadth of the temple, to the door, to the base, and to the pillar, in cubit, in the *tāla* system, of nine varieties in comparison with the worshipper, in the finger (part) of the main idol or of the Phallus, and in the standard *aṅgula* unit: these are the twelve kinds of (comparative) measurement.

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