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.s2.5

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9-14. The height (from the plinth to the pinnacle) being divided into thirty-one parts, the base (*masūraka*) should be four-and-a-half parts; seven parts should be the height of the pillar, and half of that (i.e., three-and-a-half parts) the height of the entablature; the (second) base above that should be two-and-a-half parts, and the height of the small pillar four parts; half of that (i.e., two parts) should be the height of the entablature, and half of the latter (i.e., one part) the height of the small platform (*vedikā*); the height of the platform (*vedi*) should be twice that (i. e., two parts), and the height of the spherical roof (*śikhara*) four parts; the height of the small dome (*stūpi*) should be two parts; this is the second kind of two-storeyed buildings¹.