Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.10.2

c4.10.2

The tenth contains a description of the different sorts of cities, the eleventh treats of the dimensions of the several sorts of edifices, the twelfth of the *Garbhavinyása*, or laying the foundation-stone in the centre of the intended building, the thirteenth of *Upapít'has* or pedestals, the fourteenth of *Adhisthána* or basement; the fifteenth of the several species of pillars, with their respective dimensions, the sixteenth of *Prastaras* or entablature, the seventeenth of the junction of the several parts of timber work, with reference to their points, the eighteenth of *Vimánas*, temples, or palaces in general. Twelve successive chapters, from the nineteenth to the twenty-eighth, contain descriptions of temples surmounted by pyramidal domes, consisting of from one to twelve stories, with their respective dimensions The twenty-ninth chapter treats of *Prácáras* or outer courts of temples; the thirtieth of the attendant deities, and the parts respectively assigned to each within the walls of the temple, the thirty-first of *Gópuras* or pyramidal buildings, or turrets raised over the gateways leading into the temples; the thirty-second of *Mantapás* or porticoes, or resting-places for the deity, the thirty-third of *Sálas* or halls, the thirty-fourth of cities, the thirty-fifth of private dwelling-houses, the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh of gates and doorways, with their dimensions; the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth of the palaces and their appendages;