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

with special component parts. The embellished structure of nagara, dravida, vesara and
sarvadesika is specifically known as sreyasi, sreyasi , ardha sreyasi and sreyasi
respectively. Thus, the features of the inner chamber of the main component has been
explained. Now, the specific directions for the designing of portico are told.
सैकत्रिपञ्चपङ्क्त्यंशं पञ्चषट् सप्त विस्तराः ।
तत्तरैकांश निष्क्रान्ता मध्ये भूषा कनीयसी ।। ५८
कनिष्ठे नवपञ्चांशा सप्तत्र्यंशा च मध्यमे ।
मूले द्विपञ्चषट् सप्त चतुष्पञ्च षडंशिका ।। ५९
मध्यमे मध्यमा भूषा सर्वव्यासार्ध निष्क्रमा ।
षोडशांशे षडंशाष्टादशसप्तांश विसतराः ।। ६०
पञ्चादश षडंशस्स्यान्मध्ये भूषा कनीयसौ ।
कनिष्ठे नवपञ्चांशास्सप्त त्र्यंशाश्च मध्यमे ।। ६१
saikatripan”ca panktyams’a pan”ca s”at’ sapta vistara’h /
tatta’raika’ms’a nis”kra’nta’ madhye bhu’s”a’ kani’yasi’ // 58
kanis”t’he navapan”a’ms’a’ sapta tryams’a’ ca madhyame /
mu’le dvipan”ca’s”t’ sapta catus”pan”ca s”ad’ams’ika’ // 59
madhyame madhyama’ bhus”a’ sarva vya’sa’rdha nis”krama’ /
s”od’as’a’ms’e s”ad’a’ms’as”t’a’das’a sapta’ms’a vistara’h // 60
pan”ca’das’a s”ad’ams’assya’n madhye bhu’s”a’ kani’yasau /
kanis”t’he navapan”ca’s’a’s saptatryams’a’s’ca madhyame // 61
The portico should be designed so as to occupy 4, 5 and 10 relative units when the whole
width is divided into 5, 6 and 7 parts. The projection should be in one relative unit and
the portico should be in the middle. This is for the lowest type of the building. The
portico taking 9 and 5 realtive units is for the lower type of building. The portico taking
7 and 3 relative units is for the medium type of building. Or, in the medium type of
building the portico may be in the middle occupying 10, 6, 7 or 26 units of the basic
width of the main building. The projection may be designed so as to occupy half
measure of the whole width. In another way, the portico may be designed so as to
occupy 6 units out of 10 units, 7 units out of 18 units or 6 units out of 15 units of the