[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) › c4.67 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.67 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.67 - **Language:** English ### [c4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.67) A \*cantha\*, \*gala\* or \*gríva\*, &c. (3) literally means the neck; and when employed in pedestals, it is made very high, and resembles the \*dado\*, but every where else it serves as a sort of neutral member, from which the projections of the rest of the mouldings are measured. - [Previous: c4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.66) - [Next: c4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.68) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.67) · Pramāṇa