Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s8: A Vimána Consisting of Five Stories
Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s8
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A Vimána Consisting of Five Stories
c4.s8.1
(See Plate XXXII.)
c4.s8.2
"The height is to be divided into twenty-four parts: one and a-half to be 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 and a-quarter to the entablature of the second; two and a-quarter to the pillar, one to the entablature of the third; two to the pillar, one to the entablature of the fourth; one and three-quarters to the pillar, one to the entablature of the fifth; a half to the upper base, one to the *cant'ha*, two and a-half to the cupola, and one and a-half to the pinnacle. The pedestal below is equal in height to the base."
c4.s8.3
Temples of five stories are found in various parts of southern India; and the design which accompanies, represents one at *Rájaráyéswaram*, in the province of Tanjore.