The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s9.41

v1.c9.s9.41

The method of proportionate measurement of the South Indian Prāsāda comprises : A, (1) the proportions along the Mānasūtra, or the co-ordinates, (2) those between the Vinyāsasūtras in the first or ground floor and (3) in each of the subsequent storeys; all of these referring to the Talacchanda, or the rhythms of the floor and : B, the height which is divided into a certain number of parts. The 4-storeyed temple may be taken as representative of the method which also applies to the most ambitious, the 16 storeyed temple, whose width (mānasūtra) is divided into 34 and whose height is divided into 202 parts.