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

It should be provided with two facades and embellished with vestibule in the front side.
It may be with one storey, two or three storeys. The storey may or may not be provided
with halls and apartments. Such vihara-building should be beautified with all sorts of
ornamental constructions. This viha'ra-building is exclusively fit for the buddhists, jains
and others who follow the heterodox systems.
सकलक्षितिपेन्द्राणां एकादशतलं मतम्।
नवभूमिर्द्विजानां स्यान्नृपाणां सप्तभूर्माता ।। ३३
sakalaks"tipendra'n.a'm eka'das'atalam matam /
navabhu'mir dvija'na'm sya'n nr'pa'n.a'm saptabhu'rmata' // 33
The eleven-storeyed building is fit for the supreme emperor who rules over all the
countries. The nine-storeyed builing is fit for the brahmins and the seven-storeyed
building is fit for the kings.
षट्तलं मण्डलीकस्य पञ्चकं युवराजके।
वैश्यानां च चतुर्भूमिर्योधसेनेशयोरपि।। ३४
s"at'talam man.d'ali'kasya pan"cakam yuvara'jake /
vais'ya'na'm caturbhu'mir yodhasenes'ayorapi // 34
For the man.d'alikas (rulers below the rank of a king), six-storeyed buiding is recommended.
The five-storeyed building is fit for the prince. For the trading community and for the
warriors and chief of the army, the four-storeyed building is recommended.
एकस्मादात्रितलान्तं तु शूद्राणां प्रविधीयते।
सामन्तप्रमुखानां तु पञ्चभूमिर्विधीयते।। ३५
ekasma'datritala'ntam tu s'u'dra'n.a'm pravidhi'yate /
sa'manta pramukha'na'm tu pan"cabhu'mir vidhi'yate // 35