Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... cupola , the seats raised for the reception of idols , the sicharas or the domes of temples , the ceremonies observed in laying the first and the last stone of an edifice , the several sorts of temples , the courts by which they are ...
... cupola , the seats raised for the reception of idols , the sicharas or the domes of temples , the ceremonies observed in laying the first and the last stone of an edifice , the several sorts of temples , the courts by which they are ...
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... ( cupola ) , and one to the st'húpi ( pinnacle ) . The ad'hist'hána ( base ) is divisible into twenty - six parts . The height of the griva being divided into three parts , one is given to the véd'hica or basement , one to the griva ...
... ( cupola ) , and one to the st'húpi ( pinnacle ) . The ad'hist'hána ( base ) is divisible into twenty - six parts . The height of the griva being divided into three parts , one is given to the véd'hica or basement , one to the griva ...
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... cupola into five equal parts ; give three to the breadth of the p'haláca , which divide into five equal parts , make the breadth of the padma take up four parts ; which divide again into three equal parts , give one to the breadth of ...
... cupola into five equal parts ; give three to the breadth of the p'haláca , which divide into five equal parts , make the breadth of the padma take up four parts ; which divide again into three equal parts , give one to the breadth of ...
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... cupola or dome is crowned with four pinnacles over the front portico , and four more across the former over the principal cell ; and in the tabernacle immediately below the cupola , stands the statue of Paravásudéva , a form of Vishnu ...
... cupola or dome is crowned with four pinnacles over the front portico , and four more across the former over the principal cell ; and in the tabernacle immediately below the cupola , stands the statue of Paravásudéva , a form of Vishnu ...
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... cupola , and a half to the pinnacle . A VIMÁNA CONSISTING OF FOUR STORIES . ( See Plate XXXI . ) The height of the vimána being divided into nineteen parts , one and a - half is given to the base , three to the pillar , one and a - half ...
... cupola , and a half to the pinnacle . A VIMÁNA CONSISTING OF FOUR STORIES . ( See Plate XXXI . ) The height of the vimána being divided into nineteen parts , one and a - half is given to the base , three to the pillar , one and a - half ...
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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.