[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.s6.3 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s6.3 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s6.3 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.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. - [Previous: c4.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s6.2) - [Next: c4.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s6.4) - [Up: c4.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s6) ## Cites (2) - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit - [Kanchipuram](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kanchipuram) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s6.3) · Pramāṇa