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

नवमात्रान्तकं यावत् प्रतिसालं तु निम्नकम्।
षट्पञ्चवेदरुद्राक्षद्व्यङ्गुलैः परिकल्पयेत्॥ ४७
antassālāṅkaṇaṁ nimnaṁ bāhya sālāṅkaṇaṁ bhavet|| 45
sālānāṁ antare vyāsaṁ bāhye sālāṅkaṇaṁ bhavet|
aṅguladvayamārabhya caikāṅgula vardhanāt|| 46
navamātrāntakaṁ yāvat pratisālaṁ tu nimnakam|
ṣaṭpañcavedarudrākṣadvyaṅgulaiḥ parikalpayet|| 47
The outer courtyard should be lower than the inner courtyard. Each enclosure should be
lower than the previous one by 2 digits to 9 digits, increasing the unit by one digit each time.
Starting from the inner courtyard, each courtyard should be lower than the previous one by6, 5,
4, 3 and 2 digits.
जातिच्छन्द विकल्पाभासानां क्षुद्रस्य चैव हि।
सार्वदेशिक हर्म्ये तु न चायं विधिरिष्यते॥ ४८
स्वयंभुवादि लिङ्गानां अन्तर्निम्न समं तु वा।
बाह्यनिम्नं तु वा कार्यं सालानां अङ्गणं बुधैः॥ ४९
jāticchanda vikalpābhāsānāṁ kṣudrasya caiva hi|
sārvadeśika harmye tu na cāyaṁ vidhiriṣyate|| 48
svāyaṁbhuvādi liṅgānāṁ antarnimna samaṁ tu vā|
bāhyanimnaṁ tu vā kāryaṁ sālānāṁ aṅkaṇaṁ budhaiḥ|| 49
For the lower type of temples belonging to the jati, chanda, vikalpa and abhasa categories, the
same system should be followed. But, such system need not be followed for temples belonging
to the sarvadesika cetegory. For the temples built for the self-manifest linga and such other
types of linga, the levels of the inner courtyards may be lowered or those of the outer courtyards
may be lowered or all the courtyards may be kept at equal level, by the knowledgeable sthapatis.