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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.c47.2466

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.c47.2466

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v7.c47.2466

| | Parts |
| (1) Height of head .. .. .. | 4 |
| (2-3) height of neck .. .. .. | 8 |
| (4) height (length) of heart (chest) .. .. | 11 |
| (5) (below this) height of thigh .. .. | 1½ |
| (6) height of knee .. .. .. | 1 |
| (7) length of leg .. .. .. | 1¾ |
| (8) height of foot .. .. .. | 1 |
| (9) breadth of face .. .. .. | 3 |
| (10) at the back of the head .. .. | 2 |
| (11) length of face .. .. .. | 4 |
| (12) neck at the root [it tapers from bottom to top and is furnished with two faces (beaks)] .. | 1 |
| (13) length of belly (kukshi) .. .. | 8 |
| (14) place of the stomach (udara-sthāna) .. | 8 |
| (15) from the belly to the root of the tail .. | 16 |
| (16) breadth of wing .. .. .. | 5 |
| (17) length of wing .. .. .. | 8 |
| (18) height of wing .. .. .. | 2 |
| (19) height of wing at the edge (agra) .. .. | 1 |
| (20) thickness of wing .. .. .. | 1 |
| (21) length of arm (bāhu) .. .. .. | 8 |
| (22) elbow .. .. .. | 1 |
| (23) width at the forepart of the head .. .. | 6 |
| (24) width at the root of the perfectly round thigh .. | 2½ |
| (25) breadth at the forepart .. .. | 1½ |
| (26) breadth of knee .. .. .. | ½ |
| (27) breadth of leg .. .. .. | 1 |
| (28) breadth of sole (palm) .. .. | 2 |
| (29) breadth of middle-finger at the forepart .. | 4 |
| (30) each of two fingers on either side .. | 2 |
| (31) length of face .. .. .. | 3 |