Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.28

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At the foot of the shaft, a space equal in height to the hypothenuse of the lower diameter is made quadrangular, around which are sculptured images of the deities, and the like, in bas-relief. In about half a diameter above this, is made the ornament called *nágaband'ha*.cont:† The remainder of the shaft, about three diameters and a half, is made to consist of eight sides, including the strings of pearls, which occupy three-quarters of a diameter, and appear to be suspended from the fillet of the upper ornament called *padmaband'ha*,cont:‡ which takes up half a diameter. Next above this is the *calasa* or water-pot, about three-quarters of a diameter; and above this are made, with the same height given to them, three other mouldings, called in the language of architecture, *herica*, *asya*, and *tatica*, which last projects a fourth part of the diameter. Above these again is the lower collarino, in height about a quarter of a diameter, then the ornament called *cumb'ha*, which is half a diameter high and projects as much; next the upper collarino, a little less than the lower one; next the moulding called *p'halaca*, which is one diameter high, and projects equal to its height; next the third collarino, about three-fourths of a diameter; and last of all, the capital of the kind called *pushpaband'ha*, which has already been described.∗