Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.81

c4.s3.81

“A *vimána* consists, according to the former, ‘of from one to twelve stories;’ and according to the latter, ‘of from one to sixteen stories;’ and ‘is made round, quadrangular, or of six or eight sides.’ The form of the edifice may be uniformly the same from the basement up to the spire, whether it be square, oblong, circular, oval, or the like; or it may be of a mixed nature, composed partly of one and partly of another form.’” “A quadrangular temple is called *nágara*, an octangular *drávid'ha*, and a circular *vésara*.”