[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.s3.90 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.90 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.90 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.90) “Temples consist of the \*garb'hagriha\* (the womb of the house), the \*antarála\* (the anti-temple), and the \*ard'ha mantapa\* (the front portico). The diameter of the whole length of the building, including the walls, is to be divided into four and a-half or six parts; and the \*garb'hagriha\* to take up two, two and a half, or three; the \*antarála\*, one and a-half or two; and the \*ard'ha mantapa\*, one or one and a-half.⁶ “Temples on a large scale have three or four successive porticoes attached to them in the front, which are called \*ard'ha-mantapa\*, \*maháman-tapa\*, \*st'hapana mantapa\*, \*urittya mantapa\*, &c. \*Ard'hamantapas\* are sometimes made broader than the \*garb'hagriha\*, in which case the width of the former is either once and a-half or twice that of the latter. In the event of the three compartments being of the same breadth, the length of the whole should be two and a-half the breadth.” - [Previous: c4.s3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.89) - [Next: c4.s3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.91) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.90) · Pramāṇa