[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.s3.14 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.14 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.14 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.14) There is not any particular rule respecting the intercolumniation of these or any other sorts of pillars; but in porticoes, where these pillars are found, the space between one column and another exceeds three diameters. The general rule laid down in the \*Mánasára\* is this: “The intercolumniation may be either two, three, four, or five diameters; it is measured in three ways, 1st. from the inner extremity of the base of one pillar to that of another; 2dly. from the centre of the two pillars; and, 3dly. from the outer extremities of the pillars including the two bases.” The latter method of measuring the intercolumniations is, I am inclined to believe, applicable to the pilasters in gateways or temples only, not to simple colonnades. - [Previous: c4.s3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.13) - [Next: c4.s3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.15) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.14) · Pramāṇa