Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c31.8

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All these varieties can be multiplied in the superior, middle a inferior types. Another special variety born of the Vairāja is eightfold Śikharottama Prāsādas (having the super-structure or the Śikhara, the characteristic feature of the Nāgara temples in monuments, the specimen of which are found in Khajuraho, Bhuvaneśvara and in so many other parts of Northern India). They are Rucaka, Vardhamānaka, Avataṁsa, Bhadra, Sarvatobhadra, Muktakoṇaka, Meru and Mandara. These are all Brahmajātikas and belonging to one and the same family and are highly extolled—the superior most types of the temple types. They should be planned likewise. From these are born their sons and grand sons keeping their blood unmixed, multiplying their names and these temples are very auspicious bestowers of prosperity and fulfillers of desires. They should not be contaminated with the mixture of other family and if it is done, it is an augury of bad days. CHAPTER LII Prāsāda-Dvāramānādi CHAPTER LIII Jaghanya-Vāstu-Dvāra. CHAPTER LIV Prāsāda-Śubhāśubha-Lakṣaṇa.