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... kings of Vijayanagar ; and as the name is often met with in the genealogy of those princes , it is not improbable that it may have thus descended to him . His parents , it would seem , were poor ; and that he was partly indebted to ...
... kings of Vijayanagar ; and as the name is often met with in the genealogy of those princes , it is not improbable that it may have thus descended to him . His parents , it would seem , were poor ; and that he was partly indebted to ...
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... King of Ayodhya ( Oude ) , and father of Ráma . It differs little from the Mánasára in the main arrangement of the subjects . It opens with the mystical rites per- formed in honour of the Vástu , or the spirit presiding over the ground ...
... King of Ayodhya ( Oude ) , and father of Ráma . It differs little from the Mánasára in the main arrangement of the subjects . It opens with the mystical rites per- formed in honour of the Vástu , or the spirit presiding over the ground ...
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... kings ; it was full of horses , elephants , cattle , camels , and mules . It was ornamented with palaces of exquisite workmanship , lofty as moun- tains , and enriched with jewels , abounding with beautiful houses consisting of several ...
... kings ; it was full of horses , elephants , cattle , camels , and mules . It was ornamented with palaces of exquisite workmanship , lofty as moun- tains , and enriched with jewels , abounding with beautiful houses consisting of several ...
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... king Gate in From Upana to to Antwarta inclusive Cumuda Pratibandha 1 2. Upapithas or Pedestals Pratibhadra . 5 . Antanta . 2 Alinga . Capota 3 72 Padma Campa PL.I. Manchabhadra . abhadra . 9 . Alinga Capota Padma rampa Tiura Gala ...
... king Gate in From Upana to to Antwarta inclusive Cumuda Pratibandha 1 2. Upapithas or Pedestals Pratibhadra . 5 . Antanta . 2 Alinga . Capota 3 72 Padma Campa PL.I. Manchabhadra . abhadra . 9 . Alinga Capota Padma rampa Tiura Gala ...
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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.