[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) › c4.3 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.3 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.3 - **Language:** English ### [c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.3) \[^asterisk\]: From \*silpa\*, manual art, and \*sástra\*, science. This term, though in its general signification it comprehends the whole of the mechanical arts, is applied commonly, and perhaps by way of pre-eminence, to architecture. - [Previous: c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.2) - [Next: c4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.4) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.3) · Pramāṇa