Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s1.2

c4.s1.2

In a Tamil fragment of a manuscript, purporting to be a translation of *Máyámata*, it is said—“The height of the shaft or pillar is to be divided into four parts, and one to be given to the base, which may or may not be accompanied by a pedestal; and in the case where a pedestal is joined to the base, the height of the pedestal may be either equal to that of the base, or twice or three times as much.” Here, the greatest height given to a pedestal, namely, “three times” that of the base, is equal to a little more than a third part of the highest column, which is not perhaps a bad proportion.