Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.82

c4.s3.82

“*Vimánas* are of three sorts, distinguished one from another by the principal materials of which they are formed, as *sud'ha*, pure; *misra*, mixed; and *sancírna*, anomalous. An edifice is called *sud'ha* which is composed of but one kind of material, as stone, brick, &c., and this is considered the best of all. *Misra* is that which is composed of two kinds of materials, as brick and stone, or stone and metals; and *sancírna* is that which is composed of three or more kinds of materials, as timber, stone, brick, metal, &c.”