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There appears to have been , according to some , thirty - two , and according to
others sixty - four , standard treatises on the above - mentioned arts , but of these
, excepting a few scattered fragments which are occasionally to be met with ...
There appears to have been , according to some , thirty - two , and according to
others sixty - four , standard treatises on the above - mentioned arts , but of these
, excepting a few scattered fragments which are occasionally to be met with ...
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That all these treatises were composed in the South of India , there appears
indeed no reason to doubt , for they seem to have been the standards by which
the existing religious structures were reared throughout this part of the peninsula
.
That all these treatises were composed in the South of India , there appears
indeed no reason to doubt , for they seem to have been the standards by which
the existing religious structures were reared throughout this part of the peninsula
.
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There exists indeed a long list of the princes of the Pandya , and their
contemporary Chóla and Chéra dynasties , many of whom appear to have
reigned long anterior * The author , it would appear , identifies the civilization of
the South of India ...
There exists indeed a long list of the princes of the Pandya , and their
contemporary Chóla and Chéra dynasties , many of whom appear to have
reigned long anterior * The author , it would appear , identifies the civilization of
the South of India ...
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... 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 as at the present day .
... 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 as at the present day .
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This pillar may , according to the definition of its form , be called vishnucánta ,
and appears in most of its ornaments , though not in their proportions , to agree
with the description given by Mánasára of that which he called pálicástambha .
This pillar may , according to the definition of its form , be called vishnucánta ,
and appears in most of its ornaments , though not in their proportions , to agree
with the description given by Mánasára of that which he called pálicástambha .
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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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