Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 23
... have employed much of the skill of the Hindú artists , and the most finished specimens of them may be justly said to ... cant'ha , gríva , or candhara ; 4 . uttara ; 5. vájina ; 6. prativájina ; 7. pat'tíca ; 8. álinga ; and 9. antarita ...
... have employed much of the skill of the Hindú artists , and the most finished specimens of them may be justly said to ... cant'ha , gríva , or candhara ; 4 . uttara ; 5. vájina ; 6. prativájina ; 7. pat'tíca ; 8. álinga ; and 9. antarita ...
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... cantha , gala or gríva , & c . ( 3 ) literally means the neck ; and when employed in pedestals , it is made very high , and resembles the dado , but every where else it serves as a sort of neutral member , from which the pro- jections ...
... cantha , gala or gríva , & c . ( 3 ) literally means the neck ; and when employed in pedestals , it is made very high , and resembles the dado , but every where else it serves as a sort of neutral member , from which the pro- jections ...
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... cantha , one to the campa again , four to the pat'tica , § and one to the campa above . " This refers to the first sort of pedestal of the kind called védhi- bhadra . Fig . 1 . " Divide the height of the upapitha into twenty - six parts ...
... cantha , one to the campa again , four to the pat'tica , § and one to the campa above . " This refers to the first sort of pedestal of the kind called védhi- bhadra . Fig . 1 . " Divide the height of the upapitha into twenty - six parts ...
Page 53
... cant'ha , and three to the breadth of the cumb'ha . Divide the breadth of the latter into nine equal parts , and give one to that of the dandá or pinnacle , or three times the breadth of the pinnacle may be taken for the breadth of the ...
... cant'ha , and three to the breadth of the cumb'ha . Divide the breadth of the latter into nine equal parts , and give one to that of the dandá or pinnacle , or three times the breadth of the pinnacle may be taken for the breadth of the ...
Page 54
... ha is seen in a recumbent posture , is oval , but that of the front portico square , and the outside of the vault is ... cant'ha , six to the cupola , and two to the pinnacle . " The first design is made from the foregoing measurement ...
... ha is seen in a recumbent posture , is oval , but that of the front portico square , and the outside of the vault is ... cant'ha , six to the cupola , and two to the pinnacle . " The first design is made from the foregoing measurement ...
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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.