Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 29
... breadth of the foot of the shaft ; and the same being divided again by the number of parts of which the height of the pillar may consist , let the upper extremity of it be diminished by one of those parts respectively . " " The height ...
... breadth of the foot of the shaft ; and the same being divided again by the number of parts of which the height of the pillar may consist , let the upper extremity of it be diminished by one of those parts respectively . " " The height ...
Page 30
... breadth of the shaft , or one - half or three - quarters of it , according as it may appear proportionate to the size of the column . " Let the breadth of it be either one , one and a - quarter , half , or three - quarters of the ...
... breadth of the shaft , or one - half or three - quarters of it , according as it may appear proportionate to the size of the column . " Let the breadth of it be either one , one and a - quarter , half , or three - quarters of the ...
Page 31
... breadth , and a third of the former being divided into five parts , one of them is given to the cavetto , one to the fillet , two to the cima , and one to the listel : and the whole should be decorated with foliages , rows of gems , and ...
... breadth , and a third of the former being divided into five parts , one of them is given to the cavetto , one to the fillet , two to the cima , and one to the listel : and the whole should be decorated with foliages , rows of gems , and ...
Page 35
... breadth may be equal to its height , or four or five diameters . " " A capital the height of which is from one to two diameters , and the breadth twice its height , is of the superior sort ; and that which in height is half the diameter ...
... breadth may be equal to its height , or four or five diameters . " " A capital the height of which is from one to two diameters , and the breadth twice its height , is of the superior sort ; and that which in height is half the diameter ...
Page 36
... breadth of the tática are equally one diameter . Below that let a calasa ( water - pot ) be made about two diameters in breadth , and let the upper part of it be shaped in the form of a durdhura flower , and in such a manner as may ...
... breadth of the tática are equally one diameter . Below that let a calasa ( water - pot ) be made about two diameters in breadth , and let the upper part of it be shaped in the form of a durdhura flower , and in such a manner as may ...
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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.