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.s3.4

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3-12. Its height should be divided into fifty-seven parts; (of these) the plinth should be four and a half parts, and the height of the pillar seven parts; half of that should be the height of the entablature, and the pillar above six parts; above that the entablature (*mañcha*) should be three parts, and the pillar above five parts; half of that should be the height of the entablature, and the pillar four and a half parts; the entablature (thereof) should be two parts, and the pillar four and a half parts; the entablature should be one part and a half. and the platform (*vedikā*) should be constructed of one part; the height of the neck (*grīvā*) should be four parts, and that of the spherical roof (*śikhara*) four parts; the remainder should be the height of the small dome (*stūpi*) which should be fittingly attached; and (the whole) should be furnished with all kinds of ornaments: this is the *Padma-kānta*.