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... deities who were believed to have revealed the particular art or arts on which each work treated , or of the authors ... deity whose cha- racteristic attributes are benignity , mercy , and preservation ; and the latter without the ...
... deities who were believed to have revealed the particular art or arts on which each work treated , or of the authors ... deity whose cha- racteristic attributes are benignity , mercy , and preservation ; and the latter without the ...
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... deities , and the parts respectively assigned to each within the walls of the temple ; the thirty - first of Gópuras ... deity ; the thirty - third of Sálas or halls ; the thirty- fourth of cities ; the thirty - fifth of private dwelling ...
... deities , and the parts respectively assigned to each within the walls of the temple ; the thirty - first of Gópuras ... deity ; the thirty - third of Sálas or halls ; the thirty- fourth of cities ; the thirty - fifth of private dwelling ...
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... deities ; the forty - ninth of the Lin- gam the emblem of Siva ; the fiftieth of seats and forms raised for the reception of images ; the fifty - first of the form of Sacti the goddess of nature ; the fifty - second and fifty - third of ...
... deities ; the forty - ninth of the Lin- gam the emblem of Siva ; the fiftieth of seats and forms raised for the reception of images ; the fifty - first of the form of Sacti the goddess of nature ; the fifty - second and fifty - third of ...
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... deity and his attendants , on whose attributes the author occasionally dwells with that devotion and zeal which characterize all his followers . The work entitled Sacaládhicára , an excellent but rather voluminous performance , is ...
... deity and his attendants , on whose attributes the author occasionally dwells with that devotion and zeal which characterize all his followers . The work entitled Sacaládhicára , an excellent but rather voluminous performance , is ...
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... deities and malig- nant spirits , evinces their complete subordination at the period alluded to . Another circumstance in that portion of the foregoing treatises which has fallen into my hands is worthy of notice . They prove by ...
... deities and malig- nant spirits , evinces their complete subordination at the period alluded to . Another circumstance in that portion of the foregoing treatises which has fallen into my hands is worthy of notice . They prove by ...
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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.