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.s4.6
Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v4.c30.s4.6
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11-15. Of the intermediate type of eleven-storeyed buildings the width being divided into thirty parts, the great hall (*mahāśālā*) should be ten parts, and the central portico (*madhya-bhadra*) five parts; at its sides should be the pinnacles together with the chain (*hārā*) and windows (*pañjara*) made of one part each; of the same parts (of the width), the portico-hall (*bhadra-śālā*) in the centre should be four parts; and the rest should be built as before: this is known as the *Chakra-kānta*.