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

शिलाभिश्चेष्टकाभिश्च प्रस्तरं नैव योजयेत्।
मूत्रद्वार समोपेतं स्थूलद्वारं प्रकल्पयेत्॥ १५
s’ila’bhis’ces”t’aka’bhis’ca prastaram naiva yojayet |
mu’trdva’ra samopetam sth’u’ladva’ram prakalpayet || 15
The entablature should never be designed with stones or bricks. The stable should be
provided with the passage for urine and a bigger duct.
गजराशिं समारभ्य चाष्टमं द्वादशं तथा।
परिहृत्य विधेया स्याद् गजशाला विचक्षणैः॥ १६
gajara’s’im sama’rabhya ca’s”t’amam dva’das’am tatha’ |
parihr’tya vidheya’ sya’d gajas’a’la’ vicaks”an.aih || 16
Counting from the house of elephant(gaja ra’s’i), the eighth and the twelfth house should
be abandoned by the experts in the construction of elephant-stable. Taking care to see that
such houses are absent in the ascertained the design, the well-skilled architect should
build the elephant stables.
एवं तु गजशाला स्याद् अश्वशाला विधीयते।
नगरे राजवेश्मादौ कुर्याद् देवालयादिषु॥ १७
evam tu gajas’a’la’ sya’d as’vas’a’la vidhi’yate |
nagare ra’javes’ma’dau kurya’d deva’laya’dis”u || 17
The elephant stable should be designed in this way. Next, directions for the construction
of horse stable are told. Stables for horses are to be built in the cities, palaces, temples
and such other places.