Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s1.4

c4.s1.4

“The height of the *upapítha* (pedestal) being divided into twenty-four parts, let five be given to the *upána*,[^asterisk] one to the *campa*,[^\dagger] twelve to the *cantha*,[^\ddagger] one to the *campa* again, four to the *paṭṭica*,\S and one to the *campa* above.” This refers to the first sort of pedestal of the kind called *védhibhadra*. Fig. 1.