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

The neck and the apex should be eight-sided. The square and elongated aediculae and the
niches should be in the count of eight. The small niches and the vestibules to be provided
in the neck part also should be in the count of eight. Such structure associated with all sorts
of ornamental mouldings is called ‘Bhadrakoshtam’.
तदेव वर्तुलं कर्णकूटमूर्ध्वोर्ध्व भूमिके।
मस्तकं तस्य वृत्तं स्याच्चतुर्णासि समन्वितम्।। ७५
वृत्तकूटं इदं नाम्ना सर्वावयवसंयुक्तम्।
tadeva vartulam karn.aku’t’mu’rdhvordhva bhu’mike/
mastakam tasya vr’ttam sya’c caturn.a’si samanvitam// 75
vr’ttaku’t’am idam na’mna’ sarva’vayava samyutam/
If the same structure is provided with circular corner towers in each successive upper storey
and designed so as to be associated with circular spire having four niches around itself and
if it is associated with all kinds of ornamental mouldings, then it is called ‘Vruttakutam’.
तदेवाष्टांशदैर्घ्येन सायतं चतुरश्रकम्।। ७६
कर्णकूटं च वेदाश्रं सायतं वृत्तमस्तकम्।
कोष्ठभद्र विहीनं वा शेषं पूर्ववदाचरेत्।। ७७
स्थूपित्रय समायुक्तं नाम्नैतत्स्यात्सुमङ्गलम्।
tadeva’s”t’a’ms’a dairghyen.a sa’yatam caturas’rakam// 76
karn.aku’t’am ca veda’s’ram sa’yatam vr’tta mastakam/
kos”t’habhadra vihi;nam va’ s’es”am pu’rvavada’caret// 77
sthu’pitraya sama’yuktam na’mnaitat sya’t suman’galam/
If the same structure is designed so that it is in the form of square whose side width measures
8 parts, if it is provided with square corner towers and its apex is designed in apsidal form, its
other parts are designed as explained before and if it is associated with 3 pinnacles, then it is
called ‘Sumangalam’. This may be without elongated aedicula and projection (in the middle).