[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.s3.9 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.9 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.9 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.9) The pedestal is equal in height to three-fourths of the base, and is of the kind called \*védibadhra\* (Plate I.) The column is also placed, as may be seen in another design (Plate IV.), only on a pedestal which is equal to half the height of the pillar, and which is one of the sorts called \*munchabhadra\*. The capital given to the first design of this pillar is taken from a model found at \*Tiruvattúr\*, near Madras; it is the same which \*Mánasára\* and others call \*tarangabódhica\*, and is one diameter high and projects equal to its height. Speaking of this sort of capital, \*Mánasára\* says, “it should be decorated with \*tarangas\*\[^asterisk\] and other appropriate ornaments; the height of the capital being divided into twelve parts, let the form of \*tarangas\* occupy three of them, let the \*bódhica\* (capital), which should resemble the cobra de capello, occupy six, and adorned with flowers and the like, and let one part above this be given to \\* \\* \\* \\*,dagger one to the \*cima\*, and one to the \*listel\*. The projecting part of the \*bódhica\* should be fashioned like the stalk of a plantain flower. At the upper extremity are the \*tarangas\*, of equal height or something more. The lower part of the head of the \*bódhica\* is one-third of the upper in breadth, and a third of the former being divided into five parts, one of them is given to the cavetto, one to the fillet, two to the \*cima\*, and one to the \*listel\*: and the whole should be decorated with foliages, rows of gems, and the like.” In another place the same author says, “Let the capital (\*bódhica\*) be made to consist of one, two, three, four, five, or six faces, according to the situation in which it is placed.” - [Previous: c4.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.8) - [Next: c4.s3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.10) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.9) · Pramāṇa