Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s7.2

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."