[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) › c4.27 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.27 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.27 - **Language:** English ### [c4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.27) † Since writing the above, a respectable friend of mine had the kindness to procure me, from Travancore, a copy of a work entitled \*Mánushyálaya Chandrica\*, which, as its name implies, treats of that branch of the art which applies to private houses, but of the description built in that kingdom. \* A treatise on civil architecture referred to in the preceding note. \\* Chadira (\*memosa\* of Linn ), cadumba (\*naseclea\*), nimba (\*margosa\*), champaca (\*michelea\*), punnága (\*mesua\* of Linn.), amlaca (\*emblica\* of Linn.), pátala (\*bignonia\*), saptapharna (\*echites\* of Linn.), and some others, belong to this species of trees. - [Previous: c4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.26) - [Next: c4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.28) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Manuṣyālayacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manusyalayacandrika) — Tirumaṅgalattu Nīlakaṇṭhan Mūssatu 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.27) · Pramāṇa