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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.c47.6996
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‘The fifth sort of column is ten diameters high, including the base which ought to be three-quarters of the diameter. It should be divided into twelve parts: two for the plinth whose projection is a fourth part of the diameter, one for the fillet, four for the cyma, and one and a half for the cavetto, one for the lesser cyma, one and a half for the torus, and one for the cymbia. The projection of the cyma and torus is equal to their respective heights. This column is sometimes erected on a high pedestal, which is about a third part of the height of the column.’