वास्तु मण्डन (मण्डन सूत्रधार - गृह, राजप्रासाद, दुर्ग एवं नगर-वास्तु सटीक)

Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 119
85. On one part there will be Hīra and others are to be decorated
with śuṇḍikā. Paṭṭa (horizontal band) with cord will be one fourth
in measurement and will be raised from the balance part.
86. Jayantī will be erected occupying the half part serially one after
another. Udumbara (threshold bottom sill) and Kumbhī (one of the
moulding of a basement) are of same size and these are double
in width than the pillar.
87. Pillars will be similar in shape and size and bharaṇī will be like-
wise. The width of the pillar in a house will be determined by the
width of a house. Each arms length of the width of the house is
equal to one finger length of the width of the pillar (For example
20 arms width of the house will have 20 finger width of the
pillar).
88. The band on the pillar and rows of lintels- their prescribed posi-
tion and measurement should not be disturbed and deviated. In
between the halls there will be walls and on that side there will be
rows of small pillars.
89. Portico in the front part may not be erected universally. Wall will
be built over the wall and column is over the column.
90. Neither there will be pillar on the wall nor there will be wall on
the pillar Bharaṇa will be double of the column in width, and the
top part will be equal to the pillar.
The top of the horizontal band with prop will be up to seven times of the
length. Whether pleasant or non pleasant each part has to be
included. 91.
92. The width of Varaṇḍī (veranda?) will be less by one fourth of the
width of the wall, and it will be placed in an uneven level. Its
height will be equal to the width of the wall resembling the back
of an elephant.
93. The origin of the chute for draining waste water will be from
inside the house and its width will be up to half of its length.