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

as"t'aman'galayokasyordhve lata'dya' parito mata'h /
tricatuh pan"cas"at'bha'ga bha'gena stambha vaipule // 38
kava't'a bahulam proktam dan.da'rdham va' ghanam bhavet /
ayugma phalaka' gra'hya' madhyasandhi vivarjita' // 39
talpasya bhu's"an.ordhve va' ba'hye va' pariki'rtita' /
madhyam tyaktva' prayoktavya' yatha' bala samanvita' // 40
Above the portion in which eight auspicious mouldings are provided, decorative designs such as
creepers and others should be provided. The bahula of the door should be of 3, 4, 5 or 6 parts of
the the width of the free pillar and its thickness should be of half a module. The slabs should be
in odd number and they should be free from joints in the middle. They should be fixed above the
embellished portion of the turret or upper storey. Or they may be fixed outside. They should be
placed leaving the middle part so as to derive the needed strength.
अस्य तल्पघनस्यार्ध घनद्विगुण विस्तरा।
दण्डास्त्रिपञ्चसप्तैव नवैकादशसंख्यया।। ४१
अश्वस्कन्ध खुराभा वाश्वत्थपत्रसमा अपि।
asya talpa ghanasya'rdha ghana dvigun.a vistara' /
dan.d'a'stripan"casaptaiva navika'das'a samkhyaya' // 41
as'vagandha khura'bha' va's'vatthapatra sama' api /
The thickness of the slabs should be half the thickness of the turret. Its width should be twice its
thickness. They should be placed in such a way that they look like the horse-neck, horse –hoof
or like the leaf of the holy fig tree.
युग्मे महति तल्पे च दक्षिणस्थे कवाटके।। ४२
विस्तारे त्वायतौ चैव त्र्यंशपञ्चंशके कृते।
उपरिष्टात्त्रयांशं तु त्यक्त्वाधोंऽशं द्विपाश्र्वयोः।। ४३
तेषां मध्ये तु यद्द्वारं मणिद्वारमिहोच्यते।