Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.83

c4.s3.83

“*Vimánas* are further distinguished into three kinds, namely, *st'hánaca*, *ásana*, and *sáyana*; the first having reference to the height, the second to the breadth, the third to the length. Moreover, the idol to be placed in the *vimána*, called *st'hánaca*, should be in an erect posture; that to be placed in the *ásana*, in a sitting; and that to be placed in the *sayana*, in a recumbent posture.”