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.s3.42

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3-24. From the plinth (*janman*) to the dome (*stūpi*) the height being divided into thirty-five equal parts, the height of the plinth should be two parts; twice that (i.e., four parts) should be the height of the pillar, and the height of the entablature one part; above that the pillar should be four and a half parts, and half of that the height of the entablature; the height of the pillar should be three parts, and the entablature (*mañchaka*) above one part and a half; the pillar above should be two parts and a half, and the height of the entablature one part and a quarter; the height of the platform (*vedikā*) should be half a part, and the height of the neck one part and a quarter; the pillar above should be three parts, and the entablature (*mañcha*) above one part; the height of the pillar should be two parts minus one-fourth, and the height of the entablature one part; the height of the pillar should be one part and a half, and the entablature (*mañcha*) above half of that; the height of the platform (*vedikā*) should be half a part, and the height of the neck (*gala*) one part and a quarter; twice that (i.e., two parts and a half) should be the height of the head (*śiras*), and the remainder should be the height of the finial (*śikhā*). The width should be divided into an (equal) number of parts as before; the measurement by parts of the attic pavilion (*kūṭa-śālā*), etc., in the small, the intermediate, and the largest types (is given below): the width of the side-pinnacle (*karṇa-kūṭa*) should be one, or two parts; the width of the pavilion (*śālā*) in the middle should be six, seven, eight, or nine parts; the remaining parts should be for the corridor (*antarāla*) (which is built) between the two attic pavilions; the width of the small pavilion (*kshudra-śālā*) inside that should be one or two parts; at their two sides, the remaining parts should be given to the two chains (*hārā*); above that the surrounding balcony (*alindaka*) should be made of one part; every one of the storeys should be furnished with (at least two) pillars, and be decorated with the side-tower (*karṇa-harmya*), etc.: it should be decorated with all ornaments: this is called the *puṇḍarīka* (lotus).