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.s3.84

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49-60. The height of the edifice being divided into forty-one parts, the plinth should be eight parts and the pillar four parts; half of that should be the height of the entablature (*lit.* roof *valabhī*), and the pillar should be three and a half parts; (its) entablature (*mañcha*) above should be one and three-fourths parts, the pillar above should be three parts, half of that should be its entablature (*mañcha*) above; the height of the pillar should be two and three-fourths parts, the height of the entablature should be one and one-fourth part; the length of the pillar should be two and a half parts, half of that the height of the entablature; the length of the pillar should be one part and a half, and the entablature one part; the pillar should be two parts and a quarter, and the entablature (*mañcha*) above three-fourths of a part; the height of the pillar should be two parts, and the height of the entablature one part; and above that should be three parts; of these three parts one should be given to the platform (*vedi*) and two to the height of the neck (*gala*);