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

mu'lam tu caturas'ram sya't tadvibha'ga'dhika'yatam /
ja'tiru'pam bhavecchandam caturams'a'dhika'yatam // 3
The basic form of svastika-building(mula) should be square. For the ja'ti type of lowest
svastika, its length should exceed the side of the square by 2 parts. For the chanda type of
lowest svastika, the length should exceed the measure of the square building by 4 parts.
षड्भागाधिक दैर्घ्यं तु विकल्पं इति कीर्तितम्।
आभासं अष्टवृत्तं यच्चत्वारिंशत्तु पञ्चयुक् ।। ४
s"ad'bha'ga'dhika dairghyam tu vikalpam iti ki'rtitam /
a'bha'sam as"t'avr'ttam yaccatva'rims'attu pan"cayuk // 4
For the vikalpa type of lowest svastika, the length should exceed the side of the square
by 6 parts. The building whose length exceeds the width of the square(mula) building
by 8 parts is known as a'bha'sa. Considered in this way, there are 45 kinds of measures
available for the svastika building.
हीनाद्यैस्त्रित्रिभागे तु संख्यैषां परिकीर्तिता।
त्रित्रीदीर्घानि नीचास्युः पञ्चाशत्सप्तसंख्यया ।। ५
hi'na'dyaistritribha'ge tu samkhyais"a'm pariki'rtita'h /
tritri di'rgha'ni ni'ca'syuh pan"ca's'atsapta samkhyaya' // 5
These measures are applicable to the buildings belonging to the type of nikrushta and
others considering in terms of three parts. For the buildings of lower type, there are
three kinds of length as applicable to jati, chanda, vikalpa and abhasa. Added with these
measures, there are on the whole 57 kinds of measures for the length.
निकृष्टाद्यैष्षडंशे तु द्व्यंशमङ्गणमिष्यते।
शालाव्यासो द्विभागेन सर्वालङ्कार संयुतः ।। ६