Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s7: A Vimána Consisting of Four Stories
Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s7
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A Vimána Consisting of Four Stories
c4.s7.1
(See Plate XXXI.)
c4.s7.2
"The height of the *vimána* being divided into nineteen parts, one and a-half is given to the base, three to the pillar, one and a-half to the entablature of the first story, two and a-half to the pillar, one to the entablature of the second story, two to the pillar, three-quarters to the entablature of the third story, one and a-half to the pillar, three-quarters to the entablature of the fourth story, a half to the upper base, one to the *cant'ha*, two to the cupola, and one to the pinnacle."
c4.s7.3
"The pedestal at the bottom is independent of the rest of the parts, and is equal in height to the base,"
c4.s7.4
"The inner pillar of the *carnacút'ha* (the side niches) of the lower story, should be placed directly under the outer pillar of the same ornament, in the story immediately above."