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.c47.2489
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.c47.2489
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| | | | | | *Parts* |
| (1) Head (from crown to hair-line in the forehead) | | | | .. | 4 |
| face (comprising) | | | | .. | 12 |
| (2) thence to the eye-line (i.e., forehead) | | | | .. | 4½ |
| (3) thence to the tip of the nose | | .. | .. | 4 |
| (4) thence to the chin | .. | .. | .. | 3½ |
| (5) neck-joint | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1½ |
| (6) neck | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| (7) thence to heart | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
| (8) thence to navel | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
| (9) thence to sex organ | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
| (10) thigh (from below sex organ) | .. | .. | .. | 25 |
| (11) knee | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| (12) leg | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 |
| (13) foot | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| (14) length of foot from heel to largest toe | | | | .. | 16½ |
| (15) length of arm below the line of windpipe (glottis) | | | | 25 |
| (16) length of elbow | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| (17) length of forearm | .. | .. | .. | 19 |
| (18) length of palm (up to the tip of middle-finger) | | | | .. | 12½ |
| (19) breadth of face | .. | .. | .. | 11½ |
| (20) width of neck | .. | .. | .. | 8½ |
| (21) width of arm .. | .. | .. | .. | 8½ |
| (22) width of knee .. | .. | .. | .. | 8½ |
| (23) width of arm by root, elbow, wrist | .. | | | 6, 6, 1½ |
| (24) length of shoulder | .. | .. | .. | 20½ |
| (25) width of the mid-belly | .. | .. | .. | 15½ |
| (26) width of the buttocks | .. | .. | .. | 18½ |
| (27) breadth of the loins | .. | .. | .. | 19 |
| (28) width at the root of thigh | .. | .. | 12½ |