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

mūladhāmnastu pādaṁ tu bhajedvā navasaṁkhyayā|
adhiṣṭhāna dvibhāgena pādaṁ śeṣeṇa kalpayet|| 53
dvihastam tu samārabhya caikāṅgula vivardhanāt|
saptahastānta utsedhasstambhānāṁ parikīrtitaḥ|| 54
bhittimānaṁ tathaiva syāt kṣudre kṣudra vimānake|
The height of the pillar of the main shrine should be divided into 9 equal parts. Out of these,
the base should be with a height of 2 parts and the pilasters should be with a height of 7 parts.
The height of the pilasters should be from 2 hastas to 7 hastas, increasing the height by one
digit each time.For temples of lower type, the inner structures also should be comapratively
small. The proportonate measures of the walls of such smaller structures should be decided
in the same way.
पक्षाङ्गुलं समारभ्य चार्धाङ्गुल विवर्धनात्॥ ५५
चतुर्विंशति मात्रान्तं स्तम्भविस्तार इष्यते।
पादोच्चार्धं अधिष्ठान सप्तमाष्ट नवांशकम्॥ ५६
हीनं वाप्यधिकं वापि पादोच्चेऽप्येवमेव हि।
पादोच्चे त्रिचतुर्भागेनाथवापि मसूरकम्॥ ५७
पादबन्धं सजातीयं अधिष्ठानं नियोजयेत्।
प्रस्तरादि प्रमाणं च प्रासादोक्तवदाचरेत्॥ ५८
pakṣāṅgulaṁ samārabhya cārdhāṅgula vivardhanāt|| 55
caturviṁśati mātrāntaṁ stambhavistāra iṣyate|
pādoccārdhaṁ adhiṣṭhāna saptamāṣṭa navāṁśakam|| 56
hīnaṁ vāpyadhikaṁ vāpi pādocce'pyevameva hi|
pādocce tricaturbhāgenāthavāpi masūrakam|| 57
pādabandhaṁ sajātīyaṁ adhiṣṭhānaṁ niyojayet|
prastarādi pramāṇaṁ ca prāsādoktavadācaret|| 58
The width of the pillars should be from 15 digits to 24 digits, increasing the measure by half
a digit each time. The height of the base should be half the height of the pilaster; or it may be