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.s2.11

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33–41. The seventh kind will now be described: of the eleven parts of the height, the (first) base (*masūraka*) should be one part; the height of the pillar should be two parts, and the entablature one part; above that, the (second) base (*masūraka*) of three-fourths part should be made solid; the height of the (second) pillar should be twice that, and the height of the (second) entablature half of the latter; above that the (third) pillar should be one and one fourth parts, and the height of the entablature half a part; the height of the platform (*vedikā*) should be one-fourth of a part, and the height of the neck twice that (i.e., half a part); the height of the spherical roof (*śikhara*) should be one part, and that of its finial (*śikhā*) half of that: the seventh kind of two-storeyed buildings is thus described; there should be three pillars and the side tower.