Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s6: A Vimána Consisting of Three Stories
Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s6
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A Vimána Consisting of Three Stories
c4.s6.1
(See Plates XXVI. and XXX.)
c4.s6.2
"The height is twice the breadth, and being divided into forty-eight parts, four are given to the base, eight to the pillar, four to the entablature, seven and a-half to the pillar above, three and a-half to the entablature, seven to the pillars, three to the entablature, one to the upper base, two to the *cant'ha*, six to the cupola, and two to the pinnacle."
c4.s6.3
The first design is made from the foregoing measurement given by *Mánasára*, and the second is taken from the *vimána* of *Vaicunt'ha* *Nát'ha*ast at *Cánchípuram* (Canjeveram). In the lower story is placed the statue of the god whose name the temple bears; in the upper that of *Ranganát'ha*ast recumbently, and in the third that of *Paravásudéva*,ast sitting under the canopy of a cobra de capello. This temple has been selected for a specimen on account of the singularity of the plan, and of the three different deities being worshipped one above another, in as many stories, of which it is composed.
c4.s6.4
ast *Vishnu* under different forms.
c4.s6.5
"The height of this temple is divided into twelve parts, one to the base, two to the pillar, one to the entablature, three-quarters to the pedestal, three-quarters to the base, one and a-half to the pillar, three-quarters to the entablature, a half to the base, one to the pillar, a half to the entablature, a quarter to the upper base, a half to the *cant'ha*, one to the cupola, and a half to the pinnacle.
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- Mānasāra — Sanskrit
- Kanchipuram