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Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v5.c35 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [v5.c35.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.265) — 4 parts - [v5.c35.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.271) — 4 parts - [v5.c35.552](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.552) — 3 parts ### Chapter XIV ### [v5.c35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.1) THE ŚRĪ-BHOGA AND VAPRA-BANDHA CLASSES ### [v5.c35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.2) \[Figure: NUMBER OF PARTS ADDED GIVES 19 AND NOT 31 AS GIVEN IN THE TEXT VAPRA-BANDHA BASE OF 31 PARTS ?\] ### [v5.c35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.3) \[Figure: IN THESE TWO TYPES, THE TOTALS OF THE NUMBER OF PARTS ARE RESPECTIVELY 25 AND 26½ AND NOT 27 AS GIVEN IN THE TEXT SECOND TYPE FIRST TYPE THE TWO ŚRĪ-BHOGA BASES OF 27 PARTS ?\] ### [v5.c35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.4) THE ŚRĪ-BANDHA CLASS ### [v5.c35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.5) FIRST TYPE OF 26 PARTS ? — ### [v5.c35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.6) SECOND TYPE OF 26 PARTS ? — ### [v5.c35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.7) NOTE— ALL THESE TYPES ARE OF 25 PARTS AND NOT OF 26 AS GIVEN IN THE TEXT ### [v5.c35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.8) THIRD TYPE OF 26 PARTS ? — ### [v5.c35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.9) FOURTH TYPE OF 26 PARTS ? — REPEAT THIRD TYPE ### [v5.c35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.10) THE MAÑCHA-BANDHA CLASS ### [v5.c35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.11) \[Figure: FIRST TYPE OF 26 PARTS\] ### [v5.c35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.12) \[Figure: SECOND TYPE OF 26 PARTS\] ### [v5.c35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.13) \[Figure: THIRD TYPE OF 26 PARTS\] ### [v5.c35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.14) \[Figure: FOURTH TYPE ### [v5.c35.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.15) THE SREṆI-BANDHA CLASS ### [v5.c35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.16) \[Figure: FIRST TYPE OF 18 PARTS\] ### [v5.c35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.17) \[Figure: SECOND TYPE OF 22 PARTS\] ### [v5.c35.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.18) \[Figure: THIS METHOD OF SUPER- -IMPOSITION OF MOULDINGS IS PECULIAR THOUGH NOT VERY PRACTICAL THIRD TYPE OF 23 PARTS\] ### [v5.c35.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.19) \[Figure: FOURTH TYPE ### [v5.c35.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.20) THE PADMA-BANDHA CLASS ### [v5.c35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.21) \[Figure: FIRST TYPE OF 21 PARTS ?\] ### [v5.c35.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.22) \[Figure: SECOND TYPE OF 21 PARTS ?\] ### [v5.c35.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.23) NOTE:- THE TOTAL OBTAINED BY ADDITION OF DIFFERENT PARTS IN EACH TYPE IS NOT 21 AS GIVEN IN THE TEXT FOR ALL THE FOUR TYPES ### [v5.c35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.24) \[Figure: THIRD TYPE OF 21 PARTS ?\] ### [v5.c35.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.25) \[Figure: BY HAVING EIGHT CON- -SECUTIVE EQUAL DIVISIONS THE FIGURE SEEMS TO BE OUT OF SCALE FOURTH TYPE ### [v5.c35.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.26) THE KUMBHA-BANDHA CLASS ### [v5.c35.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.27) \[Figure: FOURTH TYPE OF 24 PARTS ?\] ### [v5.c35.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.28) \[Figure: FIFTH TYPE OF 26 PARTS ?\] ### [v5.c35.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.29) IN THE FIRST THREE TYPES THE TOPMOST FILLET HAS BEEN ADDED THOUGH NOT MENTIONED IN THE TEXT ### [v5.c35.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.30) \[Figure: FIRST TYPE OF 24 PARTS ?\] ### [v5.c35.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.31) \[Figure: SECOND TYPE OF 24 PARTS ?\] ### [v5.c35.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.32) \[Figure: THIRD TYPE ### [v5.c35.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.33) THE RATNA-BANDHA. PATTA-BANDHA, ŚRĪ-KĀNTA AND KAMPA-BANDHA CLASSES. ### [v5.c35.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.34) RATNA-BANDHA BASE OF 26 PARTS ? ### [v5.c35.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.35) PATTA-BANDHA BASE OF 26 PARTS. ? ### [v5.c35.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.36) ŚRĪ-KĀNTA BASE OF 38 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.37) KAMPA-BANDHA BASE. OF 36 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.38) KUKSHI-BANDHA CLASS ### [v5.c35.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.39) NOTE:- IN THE TWO TYPES FIRST AND THIRD, THE TOTALS OF THE NUMBER OF PARTS FOR DIFFERENT MOULDINGS VARY FROM THOSE GIVEN IN THE TEXT ### [v5.c35.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.40) FIRST TYPE OF 18 PARTS ? ### [v5.c35.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.41) SECOND TYPE OF 19 PARTS ### [v5.c35.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.42) \[Figure: THIS LOOKS UN-USUALLY HEAVY THIRD TYPE OF 26 PARTS ?\] ### [v5.c35.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.43) \[Figure: THIS FILLET HAS BEEN ADDED AS A FINISH ON THE TOP SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVE OF THIRD TYPE\] ### [v5.c35.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.44) FOURTH TYPE OF 24 PARTS ### [v5.c35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.45) THE COLUMNS — CHAPTER XV ### [v5.c35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.46) THE CHITRA-KANTHA CLASS ### [v5.c35.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.47) GENERAL PROPORTION — WHOLE ORDER = 6 PARTS PEDESTAL – 1 PART. BASE – 1 ” SHAFT – 2 ” CAP – 1 ” ENTABLATURE - 1 ” ### [v5.c35.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.48) DIAMETER OF COL: – 1/6 TH HEIGHT OR 1/2 PART ### [v5.c35.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.49) NOTE. — THIS ORDER IS SIMILAR TO ROMAN DORIC IN PROPORTION ### [v5.c35.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.50) \[Figure: FOR ENTABLATURE PHALAKA KUMBHA GALA PĀLIKĀ A A PLAN AT AA LOOKING UP WHEN SQUARE | WHEN CIRCULAR URAGA-BANDHA BASE TYPE 1 VEDĪ-BHADRA PEDESTAL TYPE 3 PEDESTALS IN ALL CASES SHOULD BE SQUARE IN PLAN SQUARE OR CIRCULAR BRAHMA-KĀNTA OR RUDRA-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.51) FOR ENTABLATURE B B PLAN AT BB LOOKING UP C C PLAN AT CC LOOKING DOWN OCTAGONAL VISHṆU-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.52) FOR ENTABLATURE PHALAKA KUMBHA GALA PĀLIKĀ D D PLAN AT DD LOOKING UP E E PLAN AT EE LOOKING DOWN HEXAGONAL SKANDA-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.53) FOR ENTABLATURE F F PLAN AT FF LOOKING UP G G PLAN AT GG LOOKING DOWN PENTAGONAL SIVA-KĀNTA\] ### [v5.c35.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.54) THE PADMA-KĀNTA AND CHITRA-SKAMBHA CLASSES ### [v5.c35.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.55) | GENERAL PROPORTION— WHOLE ORDER = 6 PARTS | | PEDESTAL — 1 PART | | BASE — 1 " | | SHAFT — 2 " | | CAP — 1 " | | ENTABLATURE - 1 " | ### [v5.c35.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.56) DIAMETER OF PADMA-KĀNTA = ⅛ TH HEIGHT OF COL: DIAMETER OF CHITRA-SKAMBHA = 1/10 TH HEIGHT OF COL: THEY ARE RESPECTIVELY SIMILAR TO IONIC AND CORINTHIAN IN PROPORTION. ### [v5.c35.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.58) PLAN AT AA. LOOKING UP ### [v5.c35.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.59) PLAN AT BB LOOKING UP ### [v5.c35.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.60) PLAN AT CC LOOKING DOWN ### [v5.c35.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.61) PLAN AT DD LOOKING UP. ### [v5.c35.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.62) PLAN AT EE LOOKING DOWN ### [v5.c35.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.63) PLAN AT FF LOOKING UP ### [v5.c35.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.64) PLAN AT GG LOOKING DOWN ### [v5.c35.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.65) SQUARE OR CIRCULAR BRAHMA-KĀNTA OR RUDRA-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.66) OCTAGONAL VISHNU-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.67) HEXAGONAL SKANDA-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.68) PENTAGONAL SIVA-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.69) CHITRA-SKAMBHA THIS, LIKE OTHER CLASSES OF COLUMNS, MAY BE SQUARE, CIRCULAR, SIXTEEN- -SIDED, OCTAGONAL, HEXA- -GONAL, OR PENTAGONAL ### [v5.c35.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.70) THE PĀLIKĀ-STAMBHA CLASS ### [v5.c35.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.71) GENERAL PROPORTION.— WHOLE ORDER = 6 PARTS PEDESTAL - 1 PART BASE - 1 " SHAFT - 2 " CAP - 1 " ENTABLATURE - 1 " DIAMETER OF COL. = 1/11 TH. HEIGHT ### [v5.c35.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.72) \[Figure: FOR ENTABLATURE— PLAN AT AA (LOOKING UP) FOR SQUARE COLUMNS PLAN AT AA (LOOKING UP) FOR CIRCULAR COLUMNS IF THE COLUMN IS SQUARE THE BASE SHOULD BE SQUARE AND IF CIRCULAR THE BASE SHOULD ALSO BE CIRCULAR. THE FACE ORNAMENTS SHOULD BE DRAWN IN CONFORMITY WITH THE SHAPES OF THE BASE PEDESTALS, IN ALL CASES, SHOULD BE SQUARE IN PLAN SQUARE OR CIRCULAR BRAHMA-KĀNTA OR RUDRA-KĀNTA\] ### [v5.c35.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.73) \[Figure: FOR ENTABLATURE— PLAN AT CC LOOKING UP THIS PART IS OCTAGONAL IN THE CASE OF SQUARE COLUMNS PADMA-BANDHA VIDE TYPE 2 PLAN AT BB LOOKING DOWN OCTAGONAL VISHNU-KĀNTA\] ### [v5.c35.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.74) \[Figure: FOR ENTABLATURE— PLAN AT DD LOOKING UP PLAN AT EE LOOKING DOWN HEXAGONAL SKANDA-KĀNTA\] ### [v5.c35.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.75) \[Figure: FOR ENTABLATURE— PLAN AT FF LOOKING UP PLAN AT GG LOOKING DOWN PENTAGONAL SIVA-KĀNTA\] ### [v5.c35.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.76) THE COLUMNS ### [v5.c35.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.77) THE KUMBHA-STAMBHA AND KOSHTHA-STAMBHA CLASSES ### [v5.c35.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.78) | GENERAL PROPORTION | WHOLE ORDER = 6 PARTS | | PEDESTAL - 1 PART | DIAMETER OF BOTH THE CLASSES | | BASE - 1 " | = 1/12 TH HEIGHT OF COL: | | SHAFT - 2 " | | | CAP - 1 " | | | ENTABLATURE - 1 " | | ### [v5.c35.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.79) \[Figure: SQUARE OR CIRCULAR BRAHMA-KĀNTA OR RUDRA-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.80) OCTAGONAL VIṢHṆU-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.81) HEXAGONAL SKANDA-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.82) PENTAGONAL ŚIVA-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.83) KOSHTHA STAMBHA EQUIVALENT TO GREEK ANTA\] ### [v5.c35.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.84) \[Figure: THE COLUMNS —— CHAPTER XV THE SET OF FIVE ORDERS FROM SUPRA-BHEDA AND OTHER ĀGAMAS BASED ON MĀNASĀRA PROPORTION - BASE - 1 PART, SHAFT - 2, CAP - 1 THERE IS NO MENTION OF PEDESTAL AND ENTABLATURE. DIAMETER OF COL: = 1/6 TH HEIGHT (SUPPLIED FROM KĀŚYAPA) NO MENTION OF ENTASIS ### [v5.c35.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.85) PHALAKA KUMBHA GALA ### [v5.c35.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.86) CAP LIKE THAT OF CIRCULAR COL: ### [v5.c35.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.87) MANCHA BANDHA BASE FROM MĀNASĀRA ### [v5.c35.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.88) 1/2 CIRCULAR 1/2 SQUARE PLAN AT AA LOOKING UP ### [v5.c35.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.89) OCTAGONAL ### [v5.c35.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.90) 16 SIDED ### [v5.c35.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.91) BASE LIKE THAT OF CIRCULAR COL: ### [v5.c35.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.92) 1/2 CIRCULAR 1/2 SQUARE PLAN AT BB LOOKING DOWN ### [v5.c35.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.93) SQUARE ### [v5.c35.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.94) ŚRĪ-KARA OR PRIYA-DARSANA ### [v5.c35.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.95) SAUMUKHYA ### [v5.c35.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.96) CHANDRA-KĀNTA ### [v5.c35.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.97) SUBHAMKARĪ ### [v5.c35.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.98) THE COLUMNS—CHATER XV ### [v5.c35.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.99) THE SET OF FIVE ORDERS FROM BRIHAT-SAMHITA ETC: BASED ON MĀNASĀRA ### [v5.c35.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.100) PROPORTION - WHOLE ORDER - 10¾ PARTS PEDESTAL-1, BASE-1, SHAFT-6, CAP-1, ENTABLATURE - 1¾. ### [v5.c35.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.101) NOTE:- 1 THIS IS SIMILAR TO TUSCAN ORDER IN PROPORTION 2 THESE FIGURES ARE BASED ON PROF: KERNS INTER-PRETATION OF BRIHAT-SAMHITA ### [v5.c35.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.102) \[Figure: FOR ENTABL+ 1¾ 1 6 1 1 FOR ENTABL+ 1/10TH PART A A C C PLAN AT AA LOOKING UP ½ CIRCULAR ½ SQUARE PLAN AT CC LOOKING UP B B D D PLAN AT BB LOOKING DOWN ½ CIRCULAR ½ SQUARE PLAN AT DD LOOKING DOWN PEDESTALS MAY BE USED CIRCULAR 32 SIDED OCTAGONAL URAGA-BANDHA BASE FROM MĀNASĀRA RUCHAKA OR VRITTA SQUARE OR CIRCULAR VAJRA OCTAGONAL DVI-VAJRA SIXTEEN-SIDED PRALĪNAKA THIRTY-TWO-SIDED ON THE MIDDLE.\] ### [v5.c35.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.103) THE ENTABLATURES AND ROOFS—CHAPTER XVI ### [v5.c35.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.104) 1. THE TOTAL OF THE NUMBER OF PARTS FOR EACH TYPE VARIES FROM WHAT IS GIVEN IN THE TEXT 2. EXCEPTING THE TYPES SECOND AND THIRD, IMAGES AND LEOGRAPHS DO NOT SUIT OTHERS ### [v5.c35.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.105) FIRST TYPE ### [v5.c35.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.106) SECOND TYPE ### [v5.c35.107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.107) THIRD TYPE ### [v5.c35.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.108) FOURTH TYPE ### [v5.c35.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.109) FIFTH TYPE ### [v5.c35.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.110) \[Figure: SIXTH TYPE PARAPET POST THE SEVENTH TYPE VARIES FROM THE SIXTH ONLY IN MINOR DETAILS PROBABLE SECTION OF WOODEN ROOF\] ### [v5.c35.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.111) EIGHTH TYPE ### [v5.c35.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.112) THE JOINERY— CHAPTER XVII ### [v5.c35.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.113) THIS CHAPTER DEALS WITH WOOD JOINERY AND CARPENTARY. THERE IS AN OCCASIONAL MENTION OF STONE JOINT ### [v5.c35.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.114) JOINT BETWEEN A HORIZONTAL AND A VERTICAL PIECE ON THE MIDDLE OF THE LATTER ### [v5.c35.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.115) NANDYĀVARTA ORDER OF JOINERY ### [v5.c35.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.116) SARVATO-BHADRA ORDER OF JOINERY ### [v5.c35.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.117) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NANDYĀ-VARTA AND SARVATO-BHADRA TYPES OF JOINERY IS THAT, IN THE LATTER, PIECES ARE INCLINED ### [v5.c35.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.118) SVASTIKA ORDER OF JOINERY ### [v5.c35.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.119) MALLA-BANDHA JOINT 'A' OR HALVED JOINT ### [v5.c35.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.120) MALLA-BANDHA JOINT 'B' OR SCARFED JOINT ### [v5.c35.121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.121) PLAN MAHĀ-VRITTA JOINT OF MESHA-YUDDHA TYPE ### [v5.c35.122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.122) THIS JOINT CAN BE USED FOR BOTH WOOD AND STONE COLUMNS MESHA-YUDDHA JOINT OR MORTISE AND TENON JOINT ### [v5.c35.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.123) SŪKARA-GHRĀNA JOINT ### [v5.c35.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.124) JOINTS IN FRIEZE ### [v5.c35.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.125) THE ONE-STOREYED BUILDINGS — CHAPTER XIX ### [v5.c35.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.126) THE ELEVATION TOWARDS THE BREADTH ### [v5.c35.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.127) NOTE:— 1 ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DWELLING HOUSES WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAILS TO BE INDICATED IN THE SECTION ### [v5.c35.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.128) THE REMAINING FOUR TYPES ARE TO BE DRAWN SIMILARLY WITH DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS ### [v5.c35.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.129) FIRST TYPE OF SMALL PROPORTION ### [v5.c35.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.130) HEIGHT=1¼ BREADTH = 8 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.131) SCALE OF \[Figure: scale bar\] PARTS ### [v5.c35.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.132) THE TYPICAL PLAN ### [v5.c35.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.133) NOTE:— ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DWELLING HOUSES WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAILS ### [v5.c35.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.134) \[Figure: GARBHA-GṚIHA ANTARĀLA MADHYA-KOSHTHA TEXT ELSEWHERE MENTIONS DETAILS ABOUT STEPS SUGGESTED PLAN BASED ON FIRST TYPE GARBHA-GRIHA = ⅓RD BREADTH IN THIS CASE ### [v5.c35.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.135) NOTE:- ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAILS TO BE INDICATED IN THE SECTION ### [v5.c35.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.136) THE REMAINING FOUR TYPES ARE TO BE DRAWN SIMILARLY WITH DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS. ### [v5.c35.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.138) THE SECOND TYPE OF SMALL PROPORTION ### [v5.c35.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.139) HEIGHT=1¼ BREADTH =10 PARTS ### [v5.c35.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.140) SCALE OF \[Figure: scale bar\] PARTS ### [v5.c35.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.141) ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH ### [v5.c35.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.142) AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAILS TO BE INDI- -CATED IN THE SECTION ### [v5.c35.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.143) THE REMAINING FOUR TYPES ARE TO BE DRAWN ### [v5.c35.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.144) SIMILARLY WITH DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS. ### [v5.c35.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.146) THE THIRD TYPE. ### [v5.c35.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.147) OF INTERMEDIATE PROPORTION. ### [v5.c35.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.148) HEIGHT = 1⅞ BREADTH = 15 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.149) ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAILS TO BE INDICATED IN THE SECTION. ### [v5.c35.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.150) THE REMAINING FOUR TYPES ARE TO BE DRAWN SIMILARLY WITH DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS ### [v5.c35.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.151) \[Figure: THE LAST TYPE OF LARGE PROPORTION ### [v5.c35.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.152) THE TYPICAL SECTION. ### [v5.c35.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.153) NOTE:— IF THIS IS TO BE USED AS A TEMPLE, THE FRIEZE AND PARAPET SHOULD ALSO BE DECORATED WITH IMAGES OF GODS. ### [v5.c35.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.154) \[Figure: CROSS SECTION OF THE LAST TYPE TO BE DECORATED WITH FIGURES OF GODS IN THE CASE OF TEMPLES HEIGHT = 2 BREADTH = 30 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.155) THE TWO-STOREYED BUILDINGS — CHAPTER XX ### [v5.c35.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.156) ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAIL TO BE INDICATED IN THE SECTION. ### [v5.c35.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.157) THE REMAINING FIVE TYPES ARE TO BE DRAWN SIMILARLY, WITH DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS ### [v5.c35.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.159) SMALL TYPE ### [v5.c35.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.160) HEIGHT = 1⅓ BREADTH = 16 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.161) SCALE OF \[Figure: graphic scale\] PARTS ### [v5.c35.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.162) NOTE:- ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAIL TO BE INDICATED IN THE SECTION ### [v5.c35.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.163) THE REMAINING FIVE TYPES ARE TO BE DRAWN SIMILARLY WITH DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS ### [v5.c35.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.164) INTERMEDIATE TYPE ### [v5.c35.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.165) HEIGHT = 1 ¾ IN BREADTH = 28 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.166) NOTE :- ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAILS ### [v5.c35.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.167) \[Figure: GARBHA-GṚIHA ANTARĀLA UP MADHYA-KOSHṬHA ### [v5.c35.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.168) SUGGESTED PLAN BASED ON INTERMEDIATE TYPE\] ### [v5.c35.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.169) SCALE OF \[Figure: 1 0 5 10 15\] PARTS. ### [v5.c35.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.170) NOTE:- ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAIL TO BE INDICATED IN THE SECTION THE REMAINING FIVE TYPES MAY BE DRAWN SIMILARLY WITH DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS ### [v5.c35.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.172) LARGE TYPE ### [v5.c35.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.173) SCALE OF PARTS ### [v5.c35.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.174) NOTE:- IF THIS IS TO BE USED AS A TEMPLE THE FRIEZE AND PARAPET SHOULD ALSO BE DECORATED WITH IMAGES OF GODS. ### [v5.c35.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.175) \[Figure: CROSS SECTION BASED ON LARGE TYPE. TO BE DECORATED WITH IMAGES OF GODS IN THE CASE OF TEMPLES HEIGHT = 2 BREADTH = 11 PARTS. SCALE OF PARTS ### [v5.c35.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.176) THE THREE-STOREYED BUILDINGS — CHAPTER XXI ### [v5.c35.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.177) ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAIL TO BE INDICATED IN THE SECTION ### [v5.c35.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.178) THE OTHER FIVE TYPES SHOULD BE DRAWN WITH PROPORTIONS AS FOLLOW-SRIKANTA = 6 PARTS AS HEIGHT. KESARA = 13 — — KAMALĀNGA AND BRAHMA-KĀNTA = 24 — — MERU-KĀNTA = 30 PARTS — — - ### [v5.c35.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.179) SUKHĀLAYA OR SMALL TYPE ### [v5.c35.180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.180) HEIGHT = 1¹/4 TH BREADTH = 13 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.181) SCALE OF |c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c| 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 / \hline PARTS ### [v5.c35.182](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.182) ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAIL TO BE INDICATED IN THE SECTION. THE OTHER FIVE TYPES SHOULD BE DRAWN WITH PROPORTIONS AS FOLLOW:—ŚRĪ-KĀNTA = 6 PARTS AS HEIGHT, KESARA = 15 — — KAMALĀNGA AND BRAHMA-KĀNTA = 24— — MERU-KĀNTA = 30 PARTS—— ### [v5.c35.183](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.183) KAILĀSA OR INTERMEDIATE TYPE ### [v5.c35.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.184) HEIGHT=1½ BREADTH = 31 PARTS. 17½ PARTS OF MERU-KĀNTA + 12 PARTS OF KAILĀSA + 1½ PARTS FOR FINIAL MAKE UP 31 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.185) ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAIL TO BE INDICATED IN THE SECTION ### [v5.c35.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.186) THE OTHER FIVE TYPES SHOULD BE DRAWN WITH PROPORTIONS AS FOLLOW :— ŚRĪ-KĀNTA = 6 PARTS AS HEIGHT, KĒSARA = 13 KAMALĀṄGA AND BRAHMA-KĀNTA = 24 MERU-KĀNTA = 30 PARTS ### [v5.c35.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.187) ASANA OR LARGE TYPE ### [v5.c35.188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.188) HEIGHT = 1 3/4TH BREADTH = 48 PARTS ### [v5.c35.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.189) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTS SHOULD BE 47 1/2 AND NOT 48 AS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT. ### [v5.c35.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.190) NOTE:- IF THIS IS TO BE USED AS A TEMPLE THE FRIEZE AND PARAPET SHOULD ALSO BE DECORATED WITH IMAGES OF GODS. ### [v5.c35.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.191) \[Figure: SCALE OF PARTS WATER-TANK MAY BE PROVIDED HERE RAILING ? TO BE DECORATED WITH IMAGES OF GODS IN THE CASE OF TEMPLES CROSS SECTION BASED ON ĀSANA OR LARGE TYPE HEIGHT = 1 3/4TH BREADTH\] ### [v5.c35.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.192) NOTE:~ ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAILS. ### [v5.c35.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.193) SCALE OF PARTS ### [v5.c35.194](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.194) \[Figure: MADHYA-KOSHṬHA SUGGESTED PLAN (GROUND FLOOR) BASED ON LARGE TYPE.\] ### [v5.c35.195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.195) THE FOUR-STOREYED BUILDINGS — CHAPTER XXII ### [v5.c35.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.196) \[Figure: SCALE OF PARTS NOTE:- ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT MODIFICATION IN DETAIL TO BE INDICAT- -ED IN THE SECTION THE OTHER FIVE TYPES SHOULD BE DRAWN WITH PROPORTIONS AS FOLLOW- SADĀ-ŚIVA = 41 PARTS AS HEIGHT, ĪŚVARA-KĀNTA = 32 — MAÑCHA-KĀNTA AND VEDĪ-KĀNTA = 15 · · · — INDRA-KĀNTA = 26 PARTS — VISHṆU-KĀNTA OR SMALL TYPE HEIGHT = 1¼ BREADTH = 18 PARTS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTS SHOULD BE 18¼ AND NOT 18 AS GIVEN IN THE TEXT.\] ### [v5.c35.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.197) \[Figure: SCALE OF 1 & 0 & 5 & 10 & 15 / & 1 & 1 & 1 & PARTS NOTE– ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT MODIFICATION IN DETAIL TO BE INDICAT- -ED IN THE SECTION. THE OTHER FIVE TYPES SHOULD BE DRAWN WITH PROPORTIONS AS FOLLOW:–SADĀ-SIVA =41 PARTS AS HEIGHT, ĪŚVARA-KĀNTA=32– – MĀÑCHA-KĀNTA AND VEDĪ-KĀNTA=15– – INDRA-KĀNTA=26 PARTS. – – RUDRA-KĀNTA OR INTERMEDIATE TYPE. HEIGHT=1½ BREADTH = 38 PARTS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTS SHOULD BE 32¼ AND NOT 38, AS GIVEN IN THE TEXT.\] ### [v5.c35.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.198) \[Figure: SCALE OF 1 & 0 & 5 & 10 / & & & 15 / PARTS NOTE:- IF THIS IS TO BE USED AS A TEMPLE THE FRIEZE AND PARAPET SHOULD ALSO BE DECORATED WITH IMAGES OF GODS TO BE DECORATED WITH IMAGES OF GODS IN THE CASE OF TEMPLES CROSS SECTION BASED ON RUDRA-KĀNTA OR INTERMEDIATE TYPE HEIGHT = 1½ BREADTH ### [v5.c35.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.199) \[Figure: SCALE OF PARTS NOTE:- ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN DETAILS MADHYA-KOSHṬHA LIGHT STAIRS BY MEANS OF SLITS IN THE WALL SUGGESTED PLAN (GROUND FLOOR) BASED ON RUDRA-KĀNTA OR INTER-MEDIATE TYPE\] ### [v5.c35.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.200) NOTE:- ALL THESE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT MODIFICATION IN DETAIL TO BE INDICAT- -ED IN THE SECTION THE OTHER FIVE TYPES SHOULD BE DRAWN WITH PROPORTIONS AS FOLLOW:- SADA-ŚIVA -=48 PARTS AS HEIGHT, ĪŚVARA-KĀNTA=32-- MAÑCHA-KĀNTA AND VEDI-KĀNTA =15--- INDRA-KĀNTA = 26 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.201) CHATUR-MUKHA OR LARGE TYPE ### [v5.c35.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.202) HEIGHT = 2 BREADTH = 42 PARTS. ### [v5.c35.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.203) SCALE OF 1 & 0 & 5 & 10 & 15 & 20 / ### [v5.c35.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.204) THE FIVE-STOREYED BUILDINGS — CHAPTER XXIII ### [v5.c35.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35.205) \[Figure: SCALE OF PARTS NOTE:- ALL THE TYPES MAY BE UTILISED BOTH AS TEMPLES AND DOMESTIC BUILDINGS WITH SLIGHT MODIFICATION IN DETAIL TO BE INDICATED IN THE SECTION. THE OTHER SEVEN TYPES SHOULD BE DRAWN WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF PARTS AS HEIGHT, BUT THEY DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER ONLY IN MINOR DETAILS AIRĀVATA TYPE HEIGHT = 1 1/2 BREADTH = 24 PARTS. THE TEXT GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF 20 PARTS ONLY.\] _First 200 of 584 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35)_ ## Cites (1) - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5.c35) · Pramāṇa