कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

In accordance with the lineaments prescribed for the entrance, the gate-protectors(dvara palas)
should be designed on its two sides. If the pavilion is provided with window-jambs, then it
should be provided with parrot-like façade. Such façade should not be provided to the main
shrine. For the ‘suddha’ and ‘nagara’ class of the temples, the projection should be half the
width of the main shrine.
शिखरार्ध समुत्सेधश्शुकनासा विभूषितः।
अन्तरालं तदग्रे स्यात् पार्श्वदेश प्रमाणकम्॥ १३
सनिष्क्रमान्तरालं वा मण्डपं वा विधीयते।
पार्श्वद्वार समोपेतं निर्द्वारं वाथ तद्भवेत्॥ १४
śikharārdha samutsedhaśśukanāsā vibhūṣitaḥ|
antarālaṁ tadagre syāt pārśvadeśa pramāṇakam|| 13
saniṣkramāntarālaṁ vā maṇḍapaṁ vā vidhīyate|
pārśvadvāra samopetaṁ nirdvāraṁ vātha tadbhavet|| 14
It should be with a height levelling with half the height of the pinnacle and embellished with
parrot-like vestibule. There should be a corridor in its front , with measures equal to those of
the sides of the main shrine. This pavilion may be with a corridor associated with proportionated
projection.The two sides of the pavilion may be with or without the side-entrance.
तदग्रे मण्डपं कुर्यात् प्रतिमा स्थापनार्थकम्।
स्नपनार्थं तदग्रे स्यात् तदग्रे नृत्त मण्डपम्॥ १५
एतेषामपि सर्वेषां अधिष्ठानादि मानकम्।
मूलधाम समं श्रेष्ठं स्वाष्टांशेनाधिकं तु वा॥ १६
चतुष्षोडश भागोनं अधिकं वा प्रकीर्तितम्।
मानवे मानवं ह्येतत् सामान्यं समुदाहृतम्॥ १७
tadagre maṇḍapaṁ kuryāt pratimā sthāpanārthakam|
snapanārthaṁ tadagre syāt tadagre nṛtta maṇḍapam|| 15