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

building, there should be plinth, upper pedestal, basement, pillars, entablature, neck,
roof and finial in addition to the essential six members. It should be provided with
porticos aligned to the north-south lines and to the reference lines. Above the equally-
spaced and evenly raised pillars, entablature should be constructed. It should be
adorned with vestibules, vertical stream of mouldings, frieze and snake-like bonds.
It should be provided with sala type of roof and suitable cornice, large-sized main door
adorned with flag-like designs, vestibule in the form of parrot-beak, front pavilion and
such other related constructions. In the superior type, the six-storeyed and seven storeyed
building should be constructed so as to occupy 12 parts in width and 13 parts in length.
The eight storeyed building should occupy 15 parts in width and 21 parts in length. For
the nine storeyed building, width should be in 16 parts and length, in 17 parts or width in
9 parts and length in 18 parts. Six kinds of forms are recommended for such buildings.
They should be beautified with all component parts and their porticos should be well
aligned with the central line and the diagonal lines and they should be with appropriate
measures. In the Dravida style of building, vimana should be associated with specially
designed component parts. Such are the main features of Dravida building.
युक्तं द्रामिडविन्यासं नागरक्रिययान्वितम्॥ १९
नागरं द्रामिडोद्दिष्ट विशेषेण विभूषितम्।
सखण्डाखण्डहर्म्यं तु खण्डहर्म्योभयात्मकम्॥ २०
उत्तरोत्तर निर्यूह युक्तान्तर तलक्रियम्।
एवमादि विचित्राङ्गं विमानं नाम वेसरम्॥ २१
yuktam dra'mid'a vinya'sam na'gara kriyaya'nvitam // 19
na'garam dra'mid'oddis"ta vis'es"en.a vibhu's"itam /
sakhan.d'a'khan.d'a harmyam tu khan.d'a harmyobhaya'tmakam //
uttarottara nirvyu'ha yukta'ntara talakriyam /
evama'di vicitra'n'gam vima'nam na'ma vesaram // 21
Associated with dravida-based arrangements and allocations; associated with
nagara-based workings and finishings; beautified with specific features recommended for
nagara and dravida; provided with sectional tower or fully-designed tower or with both
sectional tower and fully designed tower; associated with turret-like ornamental workings
in the pillars; associated with suitably well-designed components in the interiors of the
upper storeys one above the other – the building associated with such specially designed
component parts is called vesara.