Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s9.2

c4.s9.2

"The height is divided into thirty-six parts; two to be given to the base, four to the pillar, two to the entablature of the first story; three and a-half to the pillar, one and three-quarters to the entablature of the second; three to the pillar, one and a-half to the entablature of the third; two and a-half to the pillar, one and a-half to the entablature of the fourth; two to the pillar, one to the entablature of the fifth; one and a-half to the pillar, three-quarters to the entablature of the sixth; one and a-quarter to the pillar, five-eighths to the entablature of the seventh; one to the base, one and a-half to the *cant'ha*, two and a-half to the cupola, and five-eighths to the pinnacle.