Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s1.8

c4.s1.8

“Let the height of the *upapítha* be divided into thirty equal parts, give three to the *upána*, a half to the *campa*, three to the *mahambuja*, a half to the *campa*, two to the *candhara*, a half to the *campa*, a half to the *cshudrapadma*, two and a half to the *capóta*, two to the *prativájina*, eight to the *gala*, one to the *uttara*, a half to the *campa*, a half to the *padma*, three to the upper *capóta*, and two and a half to the *álinga*,” &c. This refers to the first sort of the pedestal called *manchabhadra*. Fig. 9.