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.s2.107

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24-32. The height should be divided into forty-one parts; (of this) the height of the plinth (*masūraka*) should be half a part; the height of the pillar should be five parts, and half of that the height of the entablature; the pillar above should be four parts, and the entablature two parts; the pillar above should be four and a half parts, and half of that the height of the entablature; above that the pillar should be three parts, and the entablature (*mañcha*) above one part and a half; the height of the platform (*vedikā*) should be one part, and that of the neck (*grīvā*) twice that; the spherical roof (*śikhara*) should be four parts, and the remainder the height of the finial (*śikhā*); at the bottom should be made four doors and the other features as before; it should be decorated with all ornaments: this is called the *Sadā-śiva*.