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... sometime to be learnt by stealth , or as best might suit the purpose of his lordly
and priestly master . impart to the European world , through the Royal Asiatic
Society , information not yet before them ; and he recommended the “
Architecture of ...
... sometime to be learnt by stealth , or as best might suit the purpose of his lordly
and priestly master . impart to the European world , through the Royal Asiatic
Society , information not yet before them ; and he recommended the “
Architecture of ...
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... have announced the decease of this most worthy member of the Royal Asiatic
Society . + Messrs . William Wilkins , R. A. , William Daniell , R. A. , and Charles
Cockerell , F.S. A.( Vide the Tenth Annual Report of the Royal Asiatic Society , p .
... have announced the decease of this most worthy member of the Royal Asiatic
Society . + Messrs . William Wilkins , R. A. , William Daniell , R. A. , and Charles
Cockerell , F.S. A.( Vide the Tenth Annual Report of the Royal Asiatic Society , p .
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His contributions to the London Asiatic Society , of which he was a corresponding
Member , and his Illustrations of the Architecture of Hindostan , and other efforts
of his genius , have obtained the public thanks of that Society , and of other ...
His contributions to the London Asiatic Society , of which he was a corresponding
Member , and his Illustrations of the Architecture of Hindostan , and other efforts
of his genius , have obtained the public thanks of that Society , and of other ...
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Speaking of these treatises , Sir William Jones expresses it as his opinion that
they contained useful information on sixty - four different arts and manufactures ;
but while I admire his extraordinary talents and extensive knowledge of Asiatic ...
Speaking of these treatises , Sir William Jones expresses it as his opinion that
they contained useful information on sixty - four different arts and manufactures ;
but while I admire his extraordinary talents and extensive knowledge of Asiatic ...
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... society , the sage Agastya , to whom the treatise under examination is
attributed , appears to have brought hither the first colony of Brahmans and other
classes from the north , and with them the Hindú religion and literature , in form
the same ...
... society , the sage Agastya , to whom the treatise under examination is
attributed , appears to have brought hither the first colony of Brahmans and other
classes from the north , and with them the Hindú religion and literature , in form
the same ...
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Ram Raz: Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús / by Rám Ráz. - London : Parker, 1834. - xiv, 64 S. : Ill. - (Oriental Translation Fund) Die bibliographische Beschreibung im Haupteintrag ist unzureichend und irreführend.
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Page 21 - ... proportions of symmetry." (p. 15.) The third chapter treats of the nature and quality of ground on which buildings are to be erected ; it is very copious and very curious. Minute directions are given for constructing a plough, and for ploughing the ground on which the house is to be built. This being done, " let sesamum seeds, pulse, and kidneybeans be sown, with incantations pronounced over them; and let due reverence be paid to the spiritual teacher ; and let the oxen, and the plough to which...
Page 17 - Wo to them who dwell in a house not built according to the proportions of symmetry. in building an edifice, therefore, let all its parts, from the basement to the roof, be duly considered.
Page 18 - The ground to be avoided is described in a special manner as follows : " That which has the form of a circle, a semicircle, containing three, five, or six angles, resembling a trident or a winnow, shaped like the hinder part of a fish, or the back of an elephant, or a turtle, or the face of a cow, and the like ; situated opposite to any of the intermediate quarters northwest, and the like ; abounding with human sculls, stones, worms, ant-hills, ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS.
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| Title | Publications, Issue 35 Publications, Oriental Translation Fund |
| Author | Oriental Translation Fund |
| Publisher | Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
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