[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834) › c4.10.2 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.10.2 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.10.2 - **Language:** English ### [c4.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.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; - [Previous: c4.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.10.1) - [Next: c4.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.10.3) - [Up: c4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.10.2) · Pramāṇa