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.s2.8

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18-24. The height (from the plinth to the pinnacle) should be divided into sixteen parts, (of which) the (first) base (*masūraka*) should be one part and a half; the height of the pillar should be three parts, and the entablature one part and a half; the (second) base above that should be one part, and the small pillar above that two parts; the height of the (second) entablature should be one part, and the (second) base (*masūraka*) above three-fourths of a part; the height of the small platform (*vedikā*) should be one-fourth of a part, and the height of the neck one and one-fourth parts; the height of the head (*śiras*) should be two parts and a half, and the height of the spherical roof (*śikhara*) one and one-fourth parts; the fourth kind of two-storeyed buildings is thus described.