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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.c47.174

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) v7.c47.174

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Śāntikaṁ pushṭi-jayadam adbhutaṁ sarvakāmikam ।
Utsedhe dvi-guṇa-vyāsaḥ pādādhikyaṁ cha sammatam ॥ (24).
Vistāra-dvi-guṇād ashṭāṁśādhikaṁ vādhiyojayet ।
Kshudrāṇām evaṁ uddishṭam kanishṭhānām athochyate ॥ (25).
Saptāṁśe tu kṛite vyāse saptāṁśaṁ vā shaḍ-aṁśakam ।
Vistārād adhikas tuṅgo madhya-mānam athochyate ॥ (26).
Vistāraṁ pūrvavat kṛitvā chatush-pañchādhikaṁ tu yat ।
Madhya-mānam idaṁ proktaṁ uttamānāṁ trayāṁśakam ॥
Pūrvaṁ uddeśa-mānaṁ syād etaṁ nirddeśa-mānakam ॥ (27).
Eka-dvi-tri-karayor yuktaṁ māna-hīnaṁ tu vādhikam ।
Utsedhaṁ kalpayed dhīmān sarveshām api sadmanām ॥ (28).