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) v7.c47.1068

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Athavā manu-bhāgaṁ tu harmya-tuṅga(ṁ) vibhājite ।
Sa-tri-pādaṁ adhishṭhānaṁ tad-dvayaṁ chāṅghri-bhājite(-konnatam) ।
Tad-ardhaṁ prastarotsedhaṁ yugāṁśaṁ grīva-tuṅgakam ।
Tad-ardhaṁ śikharottuṅgaṁ tad-ūrdhve stupikāṁśakam ।
Grīva-mañchordhvam aṁśena yatheshṭādhishṭhāna-saṁyutam ।
Ūrdhve pādodaye bandhaṁ(=4)bhāgam ekāṁsa(ṁ)-vedikam।
Śeshaṁ purvavat kuryād ashṭa-varga-vido viduḥ।—(*Ibid.*, 80–86.)
Evaṁ proktaṁ harmyake madhya-bhadram ।
Śālā-koshṭhaṁ dig-vidike kūṭa-yuktam ।
Hārā-śrāntā-nāsikā-pañjarāḍhyam ।
Kuryāt sarvaṁ vedikā-bhadra-yuktam ।
Harmya-tāra-samaṁ chatur-aśrakaṁ tat-tri-pādam ardham athāpi cha ।
Kuḍya-tāra-samādi (?) yathā-kramam ।
Kanyasaṁ tri-vidhaṁ mukha-maṇḍapam ।
Tan-mukha-maṇḍapaṁ mukhya-vimāne ।
Madhya-vimānasya maṇḍapa-pārśve ।
Ambaraṁ daṇḍam atha dvayam ।
Harmya-vaśād upaveśana-yuktam ।
Yat tat kshudra-vimāne tan-mukhe maṇḍapam syāt।—(*Ibid.* 192–203.)
Anya-maṇḍapa-deśe yan-mānoramyam alaṅkṛitam ।
Maṇḍape prastarasyordhve karṇa-harmyādi-maṇḍitam ।
Yat tan nāmāntarālaṁ chordhve nāsikā jāla-pañjaraṁ vāpi ।
Tat-tan-maṇḍapa-madhye prāsāda-vaśād dvāra(ṁ)-saṁkalpyam ।
Pūrvavat kavāṭa-yuktaṁ maṇḍapasyāntaḥ sa-kīla-yuktam ।
(*Ibid.*, 213–217.)
Eka-bhūmiṁ kuryād adhikaṁ chopapīṭha(ṁ) ruchirārtha(ṁ)-saṁ-yutam ।
Sopapīṭha-bhavanair yutaṁ tu vā kārayet tu kathitaṁ purātanaiḥ ।
Evaṁ sarva-harmyālaṅkāra-yuktyā nānā-pādair vedikā-tāra-mañ, cham (kuryāt) ।—(*Ibid.*, 258–261.)