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.c47.4218

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This description of the general plan is followed by that of some special plans (*see vv.* 8–14, 15–20).
> Sāmānyam aparaṁ tad-vat prāsādaṁ śṛiṇuta dvijāḥ ।
> Tri-bhāgaṁ kārayet kshetraṁ yatra tishṭhanti devatāḥ ॥ (21)
> Rathāṅkas tena mānena bāhya-bhāga-vinirgataḥ ।
> Nemī pādena vistīrṇā prāsādasya samantataḥ ॥ (22)
> Garbhaṁ tu dvi-guṇaṁ kuryāt tasya mānaṁ bhaved iha ।
> Sa eva bhitter utsedho dvi-guṇaḥ śikharo mataḥ ॥ (23)
> Prāg-grīvaḥ pañcha-bhāgena nishkāsas tasya chochyate ।
> Kārayet sushiraṁ tad-vat prākārasya tri-bhāgataḥ ॥ (24)
> Prāg-grīvaṁ pañcha-bhāgena nishkāsheṇa viśeshataḥ ।
> Kuryād vā pañcha-bhāgena prāg-grīvaṁ karṇa-mūlataḥ ॥ (25)
> Sthāpayet kaṇakaṁ tatra garbhānte dvāra-mūlataḥ ।
> Evaṁ tu tri-vidhaṁ kuryāj jyeshṭha-madhya-kanīyasam ॥ (26)
> Liṅga-mānānubhedena rūpa-bhedena vā punaḥ ।
> Ete samāsataḥ proktā nāmataḥ śṛiṇutādhunā ॥ (27)