Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... architrave , and sometimes to denote a particular member of the pedestal and entablature , called by the western architects corona . An álinga ( 8 ) generally has the same altitude with the fillet , but a greater projection than it ...
... architrave , and sometimes to denote a particular member of the pedestal and entablature , called by the western architects corona . An álinga ( 8 ) generally has the same altitude with the fillet , but a greater projection than it ...
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... architrave up to the Its form will be described in another place . corona . " * In the following description of pillars every member belonging to an order is considered , and particularly the entablature , which is made the subject of a ...
... architrave up to the Its form will be described in another place . corona . " * In the following description of pillars every member belonging to an order is considered , and particularly the entablature , which is made the subject of a ...
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... architrave , seven to the cornice , and six to the vyálam . † Of the eight parts of the architrave , one is to be given to the cavetto , three to the tema or benda ( uttara ) with its listels , two to the cimarecta , and two to the ...
... architrave , seven to the cornice , and six to the vyálam . † Of the eight parts of the architrave , one is to be given to the cavetto , three to the tema or benda ( uttara ) with its listels , two to the cimarecta , and two to the ...
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... architrave of the door , and on both sides of it , are carved the images of the gods and goddesses presiding over gates and door - ways . " closed by walls on all the sides but the front , in which are the doors for entrance ...
... architrave of the door , and on both sides of it , are carved the images of the gods and goddesses presiding over gates and door - ways . " closed by walls on all the sides but the front , in which are the doors for entrance ...
Page 52
... architrave , and reaching the stalk of the lotus below . A horizontal moulding over the sic'hara and below the base of the pinnacle . § A round ornament at the bottom of the pinnacle . cumb'ha , and one - third of the latter to 52 ON ...
... architrave , and reaching the stalk of the lotus below . A horizontal moulding over the sic'hara and below the base of the pinnacle . § A round ornament at the bottom of the pinnacle . cumb'ha , and one - third of the latter to 52 ON ...
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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.