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.s2.110

v4.c30.s2.110

46-56. The height should be divided into fifteen parts; (of this) the plinth (*masūraka*) should be three parts; the height of the pillar should be six parts, and that of the entablature three parts; equal to that should be the upper entablature (*mañcha*), and the cage-(pillar) (*pañjara*) above that one part; half of that should be the height of the entablature, and the upper entablature (*mañcha*) two parts; the height of the platform (*vedikā*) should be one part, and that of the neck (*gala*) two parts and a half; the upper pillar should be four parts, and the height of the entablature two parts; above that the entablature (*mañcha*) should be half a part, and the pillar four parts and a half; half of that should be the height of the entablature, and one-fourth of a part the entablature (*mañchaka*) above; the height of the platform (*vedikā*) should be one part, and that of the neck (*gala*) two parts and a half; the height of the head (*mastaka*) should be five parts, and the remainder should be the height of the pitcher (*kumbha*); it should be decorated with the side-tower (*karṇa-harmya*), etc.: this is called the *Mañcha-kānta*;