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.