[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 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s6: A Vimána Consisting of Three Stories Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s6 - **Language:** English ### A Vimána Consisting of Three Stories ### [c4.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s6.1) (See Plates XXVI. and XXX.) ### [c4.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.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](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. ### [c4.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s6.4) ast \*Vishnu\* under different forms. ### [c4.s6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.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. ## 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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s6) · Pramāṇa