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.s3.130

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20-33. We shall now describe the relative measurement (of the members) in the height from the plinth to the dome: of the sixty-three parts of the height, the height of the plinth (*masūraka*) should be three parts; twice that should be the height of the pillar, and half of the latter the entablature (=roof) in the upper region; above that the height of the pillar should be five parts, and the height of the entablature (=roof) half of that; the pillar should be four and a half parts, and the entablature (*mañcha*) above should be made of two parts; the height of the pillar should be four parts, and that of the entablature (=roof) half of the former; two parts more than the latter (i.e., four parts) should be the pillar above, and the height of the entablature (=roof) one part and a half; above that the pillar should be three parts, and half of that the height of the entablature (*mañcha*) above; the height of the pillar should be two parts and a half, and the height of the entablature (=roof) one and one-fourth parts; the (next) pillar also should be two parts, and the height of the entablature (=roof) one part; twice that should be the pillar above, and half of the latter the height of the entablature (*mañcha*) above; the pillar above should be two parts, and the entablature (*mañcha*) above one part; equal to that should be the height of the platform (*vedikā*), and the height of the neck (*gala*) one part; the height of the spherical roof (*śikhara*) should be four parts, and the remainder is said to be the height of the finial (*śikhā*).