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.c47.2445
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Sthapati-sthāpakānāṁ tu gabhastikādikaṁ(-kānāṁ) tu yūthakānāṁ cha ।
Dvi-jāti-ś(-sm)arāṇāṁ tv-eka-dvi-tri-tala-paryantam ।
Ugraiva-jivināṁ chaiva śālaika-dvi-tri-tala-paryantam ।
Gajāśvādi-śālānāṁ talam ekaṁ kartavyaṁ prokam ।
Devānām api sarveshāṁ hary-aikādy-anta-bhūpatīnāṁ chaiva ।
Anyat sarva-jātīnāṁ nava-talaṁ kuryāt tad-ālayaṁ proktam ।
Maṇḍapaṁ nava-talaṁ kuryād bhavanam anya-raṅgaṁ vādhi-maṇḍapākāram ।
Etat tu bhūmi-lambaṁ purāṇaiḥ sarvais tantravit-proktam ।
(*M.*, xi, 127–141, 144–145.)