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

less than or higher than 7, 8 or 9 divisions of this height. Or, the height of the base may be
equal to the height of the pilaster. The base may be with a height of 3 or 4 parts of the height
of the pilaster. The upper moulding of the base(pada bandha) should be in the same style as
that of the base. The proportionate measures of the entablature and other elements should
be decided as prescribed for the temple.
आग्नेये नैर्ऋते कोणे वायव्ये चाथ वैशके।
चतुष्कोणेऽपि वा कुर्याद् गर्भं च प्रथमेष्टकाम्॥ ५९
अभ्यन्तरमुखाश्चैव प्राकाराः परिकीर्तिताः।
स्वस्य दक्षिणकेऽम्शे तु द्वारकोणान्तरेऽपि वा॥ ६०
गृहक्षते महेन्द्रे वा भल्लाटे पुष्पदन्तके।
स्थानं गर्भस्य निर्दिष्टं तत्रस्था प्रथमेष्टका॥ ६१
मूर्धेष्टकोर्ध्वं कीलाढ्यं मूलात्तत्परिकल्पयेत्।
भित्त्यूर्ध्वस्थ चतुष्कोणेष्वेकस्मिन्निष्टकां न्यसेत्॥ ६२
āgneye nairṛte koṇe vāyavye cātha vaiśake|
catuṣkoṇe'pi vā kuryād garbhaṁ ca prathameṣṭakām|| 59
abhyantaramukhāścaiva prākārāḥ parikīrtitāḥ|
svasya dakṣiṇake'mśe tu dvārakoṇāntare'pi vā|| 60
gṛhakṣate mahendre vā bhallāṭe puṣpadantake|
sthānaṁ garbhasya nirdiṣṭaṁ tatrasthā prathameṣṭakā|| 61
mūrdheṣṭakordhva kīlāḍhyaṁ mūlāttatparikalpayet|
bhittyūrdhvastha catuṣkoṇeṣvekasminniṣṭakāṁ nyaset|| 62
For the inner structures(sabha and others), the rituals known as the ‘foundation deposit’
and ‘the laying of the first bricks’ should be performed in the south-east, south-west,
north-west or north-east. All the four corners are suitable for these. All the enclosures are
considered to be facing the main shrine. The foundation deposit and the laying of the first bricks
may be performed in the south side of the enclosure or in the corner side of the doorway. Or,
they may be performed in the grids of Gruhakshata, Mahendra, Bhallata or Pushpadanta.
Similarly, the ritual known as ‘the laying of the crowning bricks’(murdheshtaka), ‘installation