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

The diameter of the upper face of the palika should be with a dimension of 14 angulas, for the
foremost type. For the medium type, it should be with a dimension of 13 angulas. For the lower
type, the dimension should be 12 angulas. The height of the palika should be equal to
the diameter. The height of the base should be half the diameter. The circumference of the
base should be one part out of six parts of the diameter. The thin hollowed shaft(bila) of the palika
should be with a thickness equal to one part out of three parts of the diameter. The
thickness of the danda-part should be equal to one fourth of the diameter.
घटिका कलशाकारा दण्डपादौ तु पूर्ववत् ।
विद्येश्वराङ्गुलः कुम्भविस्तारः पञ्चवक्त्रयुक् ।। १४
पालिकार्धप्रमाणेन त्रिपादो वा शरावकम् ।
यथासंभवमानं वा पालिकादि प्रकीर्तितम् ।। १५
ghat'ika' kalas'a'ka'ra' dan.d'apa'dau tu pu'rvavat /
vidyes'vara'n'gulah kunbhavista'rah pan"cavaktrayuk // 14
pa'lika'rdha prama'n.ena tripa'do va' s'ara'vakam /
yatha'sambhava ma'namva' pa'lika'di praki'rtitam // 15
The ghatika should be designed so as be in the form of a kalasa(pot) and its danda and pada
parts should be with the dimension as mentioned before. The diameter of the kumbha should
be with the dimension of eight angulas and it should be associated with five faces. The sarava
vessel should be with the dimension equal to half or three fourth of the dimension of the palika.
Or, these vessels may be designed with the dimensions as suitable to the available materials.
भिन्नं कृष्णञ्च सुषिरं दुर्गन्धं च पुराणकम् ।
छिन्नलिङ्गादि संयुक्तं वर्जयेदङ्कुरार्पणे ।। १६
bhinnam kr's"n"an"ca sus"iram durgandham ca pura'n.akam /
chinnalin'ga'di samyuktam varjayed an'kura'rpan.e // 16
The vessels which are broken, black-colored, which are with holes and which exude bad
odour, which are old and associated with the marks of broken surface should be abandoned
in the rituals of sprout-offering.