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.s8.260

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99-108. Of the twelve parts of the height, one part should be the height of the base; above that the fillet (*kampa*) should be of half a part, and the pillar should be made of one part; the large cyma (*mahāpadma*) should be made of one-and-three-fourths parts; above that the round ear (*karṇa-vritta*) and the small cyma (*padmaka*) should be (jointly) one part and a half; the neck (*kandhara*) should be made of half a part; equal to that (i.e., half a part) should be made the petal of the round (circular) fillet (*kampa-vritta*) above, and the cyma above that should be half a part; the round pitcher (*kumbha-vritta*) should be one part, and the small cyma (*padmaka*) above that half a part; equal to that should be made the round drip (*nimna-vritta*) and the fillet above that; the small neck (*gala-ka*) above should be of two parts, a the round fillet (*kampa-vritta*) one part; the drip (*nimna*) and the fillet (*kampa*) should be half a part each, and the small corona (*kapotaka*) should be made of one part.