Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 13
... angulas . Twenty - six angulas make one dhanurmusti or the grasp of a bow ; twenty- seven angulas , one dhanurgraha or the handle of a bow . Thus the hasthas are fourfold ; the first or cishcu is employed in the construction of couches ...
... angulas . Twenty - six angulas make one dhanurmusti or the grasp of a bow ; twenty- seven angulas , one dhanurgraha or the handle of a bow . Thus the hasthas are fourfold ; the first or cishcu is employed in the construction of couches ...
Page 17
... angulas long and two thick , and with a beam of three yards in length . This machine is to be yoked to a pair of oxen of equal size and of the same colour , either white , black , red , or gray . The oxen should be strong , and such as ...
... angulas long and two thick , and with a beam of three yards in length . This machine is to be yoked to a pair of oxen of equal size and of the same colour , either white , black , red , or gray . The oxen should be strong , and such as ...
Page 18
... angulas from the yoke , and its bottom six angulas broad , four thick , tapering gradually from the lower to the higher end , with a slight indenture about the middle . The inverted piece at the lower end of the stilt or handle should ...
... angulas from the yoke , and its bottom six angulas broad , four thick , tapering gradually from the lower to the higher end , with a slight indenture about the middle . The inverted piece at the lower end of the stilt or handle should ...
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... angulas ; remove the western point so many angulas in the opposite quarter of the sun's declination , and the eastern point will become due east ; or else , according as the sun is in the northern or southern solstice , the eastern ...
... angulas ; remove the western point so many angulas in the opposite quarter of the sun's declination , and the eastern point will become due east ; or else , according as the sun is in the northern or southern solstice , the eastern ...
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... angulas or their integral parts . Then remove the eastern point so many angulas , & c . according as the sun is in the south or north latitude ; by this means all the points of the compass may be rectified . " Passing over several ...
... angulas or their integral parts . Then remove the eastern point so many angulas , & c . according as the sun is in the south or north latitude ; by this means all the points of the compass may be rectified . " Passing over several ...
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a-quarter angulas Arabic architecture architrave artists Brahmans breadth building called campa cant'ha capital capóta Cásyapa cavetto chapter chunam cima recta cimbia collarino column contains cornice cupola dandás Day & Haghe deities Demy Octavo Demy Quarto diameters high edifice entablature equal in height erected fillet five given gnomon gnomon projects gópura Gopura consisting Grecian half hastha Hindú architects History Honourable India Indian architecture intercolumniations latter Lithographed lotus lower Madras Mánasára mantapa middle moulding Octavo ornaments ovolo padma Paul of Aleppo pedestals and bases Persian pillar pinnacle Plate plinth points porticoes prastara projection proportions pyramidal Quarto resembles respect Royal Asiatic Society rules sculpture seven shaft sides Siva Society by Day sorts Sri Rangam STANISLAS JULIEN sthapati stone streets temples thickness three and a-half three-quarters torus translated by Professor treatises twelve stories upper base village VIMÁNA CONSISTING Vishnu whole William Ouseley ם ם ם
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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.