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.c47.7016

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‘ At the foot of the shaft a space equal in height to the hypotenuse of the lower diameter is made quadrangular, around which are sculptured images of the deities, and the like, in bas-relief. In about half a diameter above this, is made the ornament called Nāga-bandha (a serpent-shape moulding). The remainder of the shaft, about three diameters and a half, is made to consist of eight sides, including the strings of pearls, which occupy three-quarters of a diameter, and appear to be suspended from the fillet of the upper ornament called Padma-bandha (a lotus-shape moulding), which takes up half a diameter. Next above this is the kalaśa or water-pot, above three-quarters of a diameter, and above this are made, with the same height given to them, three other mouldings, Hārikā, Āsya, and Tāṭikā, which last projects a fourth part of the diameter. Above this again is the lower collarino, in height about a quarter of a diameter, then the ornament called Kumbha (pitcher) which is half a diameter high and projects as much; next the upper collarino, a little less than the lower one; next the moulding called Phalakā (abacus) which is one diameter high and projects equal to its height; next the third collarino, about three-fourths of a diameter; and last of all the capital of the kind called Pushpa-bandha.’—(Rām Rāz, pp. 35-36.)