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

eteṣāmapi sarvaṣāṁ adhiṣṭhānādi mānakam|
mūladhāma samaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ svāṣṭāṁśenādhikaṁ tu vā|| 16
catuṣṣoḍaśa bhāgonaṁ adhikaṁ vā prakīrtitam|
mānave mānavam hyetat sāmānyaṁ samudāhṛtam|| 17
In front of the ‘agra mandapa’(front-pavilion), a pavilion should be consrtucted for the housing
of the images meant for the festivals. In front of this pratima-mandapa, there should be a
pavilion for the ceremonial ablutions(snapana). In front of this snapana-mandapa, there should
a pavilion meant for the performance of dance(nrutta mandapa). For all these pavilions, their
base and other parts should be with measures equal to those of the main shrine, if they are to
be considered to be of superior type. Or, these measures may be in excess of one-eighth part.
Or, the measures may be decreased or increased by four to sixteen parts. This is said to be
a common scheme of measures of the pavilion based on the measures of the main shrine.
मण्डपं वा सभा वापि कूटमेषां समाकृतिः।
एतेषामपि सर्वेषां प्रमाणं अधुनोच्यते॥ १८
त्रिकरं तु समारभ्य करपाद विवृद्धितः।
शरहस्तावसानस्तु भवेन्मण्डप विस्तरः॥ १९
प्रासादोक्ताय संयुक्तं इष्टपार्श्वग भित्तियुक्।
नानाजालक संयुक्तं नानाद्वार समायुतम्॥ २०
पृथगाद्येष्टकोपेतं आयादि शुभसंयुतम्।
maṇḍapaṁ vā sabhā vāpi kūṭameṣāṁ samākṛtiḥ|
eteṣāmapi sarveṣāṁ pramāṇaṁ adhunocyate|| 18
trikaraṁ tu samārabhya karapāda vivṛddhitaḥ|
śarahastāvasānastu bhavenmaṇḍapa vistaraḥ|| 19
prāsādoktāya saṁyuktaṁ iṣṭapārśvaga bhittiyuk|
nānājālaka saṁyuktaṁ nānādvāra samāyutam|| 20
pṛthagādyeṣṭakopetaṁ āyādi śubhasaṁyutam|
Such pavilions may be in the form of square hall(sabha) or elongated structure(kuta). Now,
the proportionate measures of these structures are told. Starting from 3 hastas and increasing
by one fourth of a hasta ecah time, the maximum width of the pavilion may reah up to 5 hastas.