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.c47.1746

v7.c47.1746

Tuṅge cha trayo-viṁśad bhāgam evaṁ vibhājite ।
Ekā-daśopapīṭhaṁ cha chatur-bhāga(ṁ) masūrakam ।
Vasu-bhāgāṅghri-tuṅgaṁ syāt shad-bhāgaṁ tu vibhājite ।
Tri-bhāgaṁ chopapīṭhaṁ tu śiva-bhāga(ṁ) masūrakam ।
Dvi-bhāgaṁ pāda-tuṅgaṁ syāt tad-ūrdhve prastarād(h)ikam ।
Śikhāṁśaṁ chordhva-māne tu talānām adhunochyate ।
Adhishṭhāna-samaṁ mañcha(ṁ) tat-samaṁ gala-tuṅgakam ।
Galochcha-dvi-guṇaṁ proktaṁ śikharasyodayaṁ nyaset ।
Śikharordhva(ṁ) śikhottuṅgaṁ stūpī(pi)-traya-sam(m)eva cha ।
Evaṁ eka-talaṁ proktaṁ dvi-talādi-tala(m) eva cha ।
Kshudra-madhyaṁ cha mukhyānāṁ gopure tu viśeshataḥ ।
Prastarādi ( ? upānādi)-śikhāntaṁ syāt gaṇya-mānaṁ pravakshyate ।
(*M.*, xxxiii, 133-144.)
Pūrvavat prastarādy-antaṁ chordhve stupikāntakam ।
Gaṇya-mānaṁ cha sarveshāṁ bhāga-māna(ṁ)-vaśochyate ।
(*Ibid.*, 215-216.)
Bhāga-māna-vaśād gaṇya-mānaṁ yat prochyate budhaiḥ ।
(*Ibid.*, 247.)