Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... architect ( Silpi lacshanam ) ; and as preliminary thereto , of the origin of artists of the several kinds , and which is traced to Viswacarma the heavenly architect . This personage is stated to have had four heads , probably in ...
... architect ( Silpi lacshanam ) ; and as preliminary thereto , of the origin of artists of the several kinds , and which is traced to Viswacarma the heavenly architect . This personage is stated to have had four heads , probably in ...
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... architects have prescribed as indis- pensable to their profession , if we except the knowledge of medicine , music , and even anatomy , which the latter have thought proper to add to the qualifications of an architect . It is curious to ...
... architects have prescribed as indis- pensable to their profession , if we except the knowledge of medicine , music , and even anatomy , which the latter have thought proper to add to the qualifications of an architect . It is curious to ...
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... architects , is the mode of ascertaining the cardinal points by means of a gnomon . It is indispensably necessary that all the quarters should be distinctly and precisely marked on the spot on which buildings are to be erected , for the ...
... architects , is the mode of ascertaining the cardinal points by means of a gnomon . It is indispensably necessary that all the quarters should be distinctly and precisely marked on the spot on which buildings are to be erected , for the ...
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... architects consider the base , not as a distinct member , but as a constituent part of the column ; and this is not altogether at variance with the practice of the Hindú architects , for they likewise include the base and capital in ...
... architects consider the base , not as a distinct member , but as a constituent part of the column ; and this is not altogether at variance with the practice of the Hindú architects , for they likewise include the base and capital in ...
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... architects . This moulding is distinguished into greater and less , and forms the principal ornaments of Indian architecture . It is gene- rally employed in detached pairs , in bases and cornices , one facing the other in opposite ...
... architects . This moulding is distinguished into greater and less , and forms the principal ornaments of Indian architecture . It is gene- rally employed in detached pairs , in bases and cornices , one facing the other in opposite ...
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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.