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... called the Silpa Sústra , * but unfortunately few traces of them remain . 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 ...
... called the Silpa Sústra , * but unfortunately few traces of them remain . 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 ...
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... called Muc'hya , or principal , and thirty - two Upa or subordinate . I have not been able to ascertain who was the author of these verses , but they contain little more than the titles of the works in question , and which are mostly ...
... called Muc'hya , or principal , and thirty - two Upa or subordinate . I have not been able to ascertain who was the author of these verses , but they contain little more than the titles of the works in question , and which are mostly ...
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... called Vayghánasa , is the work of a sage so named , and who was the founder of a sect of Vaishnava priests . It is written in a sort of metrical prose , and is rather ritual than architectural ; and as the author in the latter part of ...
... called Vayghánasa , is the work of a sage so named , and who was the founder of a sect of Vaishnava priests . It is written in a sort of metrical prose , and is rather ritual than architectural ; and as the author in the latter part of ...
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... called Sacaládhicára , “ the universal authority , " does not furnish sufficient data to form any opinion of the precise time at which it was composed ; and in the section which gives rules for carving statues , that is , in the only ...
... called Sacaládhicára , “ the universal authority , " does not furnish sufficient data to form any opinion of the precise time at which it was composed ; and in the section which gives rules for carving statues , that is , in the only ...
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... called cishcu hastha , lesser cubit , in contra- distinction to prájápatya hastha , which is equal to twenty - five angulas . Twenty - six angulas make one dhanurmusti or the grasp of a bow ; twenty- seven angulas , one dhanurgraha or ...
... called cishcu hastha , lesser cubit , in contra- distinction to prájápatya hastha , which is equal to twenty - five angulas . Twenty - six angulas make one dhanurmusti or the grasp of a bow ; twenty- seven angulas , one dhanurgraha or ...
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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.