Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.97

c4.s3.97

To these observations succeeds a detailed enumeration of the proportions of the different sorts of *vimánas*, consisting of from one to twelve stories; but as it would be extremely tiresome to specify the whole, even in the most abridged form, I shall insert the measurements of a few sorts only, which, with the assistance of the designs that accompany this essay, will, it is hoped, serve as a standard by which to determine the proportions of the rest of this class of buildings.