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Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s1.6

Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s1.6

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c4.s1.6

“Divide the height of the *upapítha* into twenty-six parts, and let three be given to the *upána*, one to the *campa*, two to the *padma*,[^\parallel] one to the *campa*, eleven to the *cantha*, one to the *campa*, two to the *padma*,\P three to the *capóta*, one to the *álinga*, and one to the *antarita*.” This refers to the first sort of the pedestal called *pratibhadra*. Fig. 5.