[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.s3.82 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.82 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.82 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.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.” - [Previous: c4.s3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.81) - [Next: c4.s3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.83) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.82) · Pramāṇa