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

dvāratālatalopetaṁ kūṭa koṣṭhādi śobhitam|| 30
etadeva sabhāmānaṁ iti proktaṁ dvijeśvarāḥ|
It is prescribed that the width of the pillar may be from 5 digits to 30 digits, increasing the
measure by one digit each time. In a mandapa, there may be one row to 50 rows(for the
erection of pillars), the increasing of the number of row being one each time. It should be
provided with main porch(bhadra), secondary porch(upa bhadra), central pillar known as prabha,
pedestal and many walls joined so as to give a plough-like shape. It should be embellished with
all kinds of ornamental mouldings and designs. Its brahmasthana may be vacant or provided with
a needed structure. Its entrance should be associated with a storey embellished with essential
structures such as kuta, koshta and others. O, the supreme twice-born Sages!, these are the
features of the construction known as sabha, told to you now.
आस्थान मण्डपं कुर्याद्धाम्नो दिक्षु विदिक्षु च॥ ३१
प्रागुक्त प्रमाणेन मण्डपं कूटमेव वा।
सभा वा तत्र कर्तव्या चाष्टादिङ्मुख संयुतम्॥ ३२
समाश्रं आयताश्रं वा मुखे भद्रयुतं तु वा।
एकानेक तलोपेतं पार्श्व सोपान संयुतम्॥ ३३
संपद्यैवं तदग्रे तु सभाद्यं परिकीर्तितम्।
āsthāna maṇḍapaṁ kuryāddhāmno dikṣu vidikṣu ca|| 31
prāgukta pramāṇena maṇḍapaṁ kūṭameva vā|
sabhā vā tatra kartavyā cāṣṭadiṅmukha saṁyutam|| 32
samāśraṁ āyatāśraṁ vā mukhe bhadrayutaṁ tu vā|
ekāneka talopetaṁ pārśva sopāna saṁyutam|| 33
saṁpadyaivaṁ tadagre tu sabhādyaṁ parikīrtitam|
The audience pavilion(asthana mandapa) should be built in the main directions and in the
intermediary directions around the main shrine. Mandapa, kuta or sabha should be built there
with measurements prescribed already so as to be associated with façade in all the eight
directions. They may be with equal sides(square) or they may be rectangular in shape. Its
front side may be provided with porch. It may be with single storey or with mutiple storeys.
And it should be provided with stairways in its sides. Having rendered the main pavilion
in this way, other additional structures such as sabha and others should be built in front of it.