Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... Siva , has been led incidentally to cite certain passages from the Silpa Sástra , which describe the sites to be assigned for the erection of temples for Vishnu and Siva : the former to be in the middle of the town or village , as the ...
... Siva , has been led incidentally to cite certain passages from the Silpa Sástra , which describe the sites to be assigned for the erection of temples for Vishnu and Siva : the former to be in the middle of the town or village , as the ...
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... Siva ; the fiftieth of seats and forms raised for the reception of images ; the fifty - first of the form of Sacti the goddess of nature ; the fifty - second and fifty - third of the images worshipped by the Bauddhas and Jainas ; the ...
... Siva ; the fiftieth of seats and forms raised for the reception of images ; the fifty - first of the form of Sacti the goddess of nature ; the fifty - second and fifty - third of the images worshipped by the Bauddhas and Jainas ; the ...
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... Siva ; and in consequence , the former is frequently addressed throughout the book by the appellation of Dwijottama , " the best of the twice - born , " and the like . The subjects contained in this work are nearly the same as those ...
... Siva ; and in consequence , the former is frequently addressed throughout the book by the appellation of Dwijottama , " the best of the twice - born , " and the like . The subjects contained in this work are nearly the same as those ...
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... Siva , particularly in the South of India . But some learned men to whom I mentioned this circumstance , rather than concur in an opinion which detracts from the antiquity of these works , are inclined to think that the passages in ...
... Siva , particularly in the South of India . But some learned men to whom I mentioned this circumstance , rather than concur in an opinion which detracts from the antiquity of these works , are inclined to think that the passages in ...
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... Siva ; a shrine , for Chamunda , * should be built near the north gate without the wall . There should be two tanks † or reservoirs , one towards the south - west and the other towards the north - east . This village * The goddess of ...
... Siva ; a shrine , for Chamunda , * should be built near the north gate without the wall . There should be two tanks † or reservoirs , one towards the south - west and the other towards the north - east . This village * The goddess of ...
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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.