[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.s8 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s8: A Vimána Consisting of Five Stories Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s8 - **Language:** English ### A Vimána Consisting of Five Stories ### [c4.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s8.1) (See Plate XXXII.) ### [c4.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.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. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s8) · Pramāṇa