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.c47.6737
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.c47.6737
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Athātaḥ saṁpravakshāmi stambha-māna-vinirṇayam |
Kṛitvā sva-bhavanochchhrāyaṁ sadā sapta-guṇaṁ budhaiḥ ||
Aśīty-aṁśaḥ pṛithutve syād agre nava-guṇe sati |
Ruchakaś chatur-aśraḥ syāt tu ashṭāśro vajra uchyate || (2)
Dvi-vajraḥ shoḍaśāstras tu dvā-triṁśāśraḥ pralīnakaḥ |
Madhya-pradeśe yaḥ stambho vṛitto vṛitta iti smṛitaḥ || (3)
Ete pañcha-mahā-stambhāḥ praśastāḥ sarva-vāstushu |
Padma-valli-latā-kumbha-patra-darpaṇa-ropitāḥ || (4)
Stambhasya navamāṁśena padma-kumbhāstarāṁ tu |
Stambha-tulyā tulā proktā hīnā chopatulā tataḥ || (5)
Tri-bhāgeneha sarvatra chatur-bhāgena vā punaḥ |
Hīnaṁ hīnaṁ chaturthāṁśāt tathā sarvāsu bhūmishu || (6)