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.s3.86

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61-2. The same height is divided by some into seven parts more: the bases at the foot of the pillars one above the other should be made of proportional parts; the side-towers (*karṇa-harmya*) should be made of one part surrounding the storeys; the interspace between the storeys should be furnished with entablatures decorated with all kinds of ornaments; at its ends a surrounding balcony (*alinda*) should be made of one part, it (the verandah or balcony) should (also) be made at the region of the base (*mūla*) and at the region of the upper storeys; it should be decorated with frontal halls (*netra-śālā*), half-halls (*ardhaśālā*), and the portico-halls (*bhadra-śālā*), etc.; it should (also) be decorated with arches, niches (nest-halls) (*nīḍa-śālā*), and the vestibules (*nāsikā*), etc.; it should be furnished with the chambers (*koshṭha-śālā*), central halls, and upper halls; it should be decorated with vestibules (*nāsikā*), windows (*pañjara*), and portico-vestibules; the regions of the small halls (*kshudra-śālā*) should be decorated with all ornaments; the vestibules and windows (*pañjara*) should be furnished between the limbs of the side-pinnacle.