[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.s9 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s9: A Vimána Consisting of Seven Stories Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s9 - **Language:** English ### A Vimána Consisting of Seven Stories ### [c4.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s9.1) (See Plate XXXIII.) ### [c4.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.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. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s9) · Pramāṇa