Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s6.3

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.