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

tadardha'rdha tribha'gaikam sopa'na ghanam is"yate|
pa'da's"t'a'ms'a s"ad'ams'aika phalakais' cha'dayet pari || 24
The thickness of the stairway is desired to be one fourth or three fourth of a module. The roofing
should be provided above this with planks whose thickness should be one fourth, one eighth or
one out of 6 parts of a module.
कम्पास्तदुपरि क्षेप्या यथेष्टाकृति विस्तरैः।
छादयेल्लोहलोष्टैर्वा मृल्लोष्टैर्वा द्विजोत्तमाः ।। २५
kampa'stadupari ks"epya' yathes"t'a'kr'ti vistaraih|
cha'dayel lohalos"t'air va' mr'llos"t'air va dvijottamah || 25
Above this should be a fillet with a form and measurement as desired by the architect.
O, the twice-born sages!, this should be covered with metal tiles or the tiles made of earth.
सोपान निर्गमाद्येन दण्डिका निर्गमो भवेत्।
दण्डिका पादतारार्धं तदर्धं हि घनं भवेत्।। २६
दण्डिकाविपुलोपेतं तदर्धं च गलान्वितम्।
सनालिकं तु मण्ड्यङ्गं दण्डनिष्क्रमसंयुतम्।। २७
sopa'na nigama'dyena dan.d'ika' nirgamo bhavet|
dan.d'ika' pa'data'ra'rdham tadardham hi nirgamo bhavet || 26
dan.d'ika'vipulopetam tadardham ca gala'nvitam|
sana'likam tu man.d'yan'gam dan.d'a nis"krama samyutam || 27
The projection of consoles should be aligned to the commencing of the projection of
stairway. The width of the console should be half of its length. Its thickness should be one
fourth of this width. The neck part should be equal to the width of the console or half of this
width. The abacus element should be associated with stem(nalika) and linked with the
projection of the console.
मुष्टिबन्धं पृथक् कुर्याद्राजनोपरि बुद्धिमान्।
तुलाच्छेदेन वा कुर्यात् स्तम्भाग्र विपुलान्वितम् ।। २८