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.c47.1967
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The gopuras are furnished with as many as sixteen storeys (lines 97, 103). They are divided into ten classes (line 564) with regard to the number of architectural members designated as śikharas or cupolas, domes (stūpikā), side-tower or dome (gala-kūṭa) and vestibules (kshudra-nāsī) (lines 536–564). A gopura is thus technically called Śrībhoga when its śikhā (spire) is like śālā (hall), it has a circular surrounding dome and is furnished with a side-tower, four small vestibules and eight large vestibules (lines 553–564). The remaining nine classes are called respectively Śrīviśāla, Vishṇu-kānta, Indra-kānta, Brahma-kānta, Skanda-kānta, Sikhara, Stūpika and Saumya-kānta (lines 556–564).