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

ब्रह्मकान्तं विजानीयाद्व्यासत्रिगुण मानतः ॥ १६
मध्येऽष्टाश्रं पोतिकान्तं मध्याष्टाश्रं प्रकल्पयेत् ।
सर्वत्राष्टाश्र संयुक्तं कुम्भमण्ड्यादि संयुतम् ॥ १७
विष्णुकान्तं स्वयं नाम्ना कौमारं स्यात्षडश्रकम् ।
भानुकान्तं तदग्रं स्यात्कलाश्रं चन्द्रकान्तकम् ॥ १८
ucyate caturas'ram ca vr'ttam va' tatpraki'rtitam // 15
sarvam taccaturas'ram tu kumbhaman.d'i' samanvitam /
brahmaka'ntam vija'ni'ya'd vya'sa trigun.a ma'natah // 16
madhye as"t'a's'ram potika'ntam madya's"t'a's'ram prakalpayet /
sarvatra's't'a's'ra samyuktam kumbhaman.d'ya'di samyutam // 17
vis"n.uka'ntam svayam na'mna' kauma'ram sya'ts"ad'as'rakam /
bha'nuka'ntam tadagram sya't kala's'ram candraka'ntakam // 18
The shape of the pillar may be square or circular. The pillar which is in the shape of square from
top to bottom and which is furnished with a pot-like capital(kumbha) and abacus(mandi) is
known as brahma kanta. The pillar whose height is three times its width and whose middle
section is octagonal is called potikanta. The pillar whose mid part is octagonal or which is
octagonal from top to bottom and provided with pot-like capital and abacus is known as
visnukanta. If the shape of the pillar is hexagonal from top to bottom, it is known as kaumara
kanta. If it is twelve sided, it is called bhanukanta. If it is sixteen sided, it is called
candrakanta.
मूले कर्ण प्रमाणेन चतुरश्रस्तदूर्ध्वतः ।
पूर्वोक्ताकृतिसंयुक्तः पूर्वाश्रा ननु कीर्तिताः ॥ १९
mu'le karn.aprama'n.ena caturas'rastadu'rdhvatah /
pu'rvokta'kr'ti samyukta'h pu'rva's'ra' nanu ki'rtita'h // 19
If the pillar is in composite shape, that is square at the bottom and octagonal, 12 or 16 sided
or circular above the bottom , it is called purvasra.