Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... edifice , its ornaments , pedestals , bases , pillars , entablatures , & c .; the various sorts of temples ... edifice , as well as rules for predicting the future prosperity of him who causes the edifice to be raised , by the aspect of ...
... edifice , its ornaments , pedestals , bases , pillars , entablatures , & c .; the various sorts of temples ... edifice , as well as rules for predicting the future prosperity of him who causes the edifice to be raised , by the aspect of ...
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... edifice , the several sorts of temples , the courts by which they are surrounded , the pyramidal gateways , the mantapas or porticoes , the altars to be raised in the front of temples , and concludes with instructions for the carving of ...
... edifice , the several sorts of temples , the courts by which they are surrounded , the pyramidal gateways , the mantapas or porticoes , the altars to be raised in the front of temples , and concludes with instructions for the carving of ...
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... edifice , and others of the manufacture of images and so forth . However , as the rules contained in these fragments differ very little in substance from those laid down in the Munasára and other treatises on the same subject , I shall ...
... edifice , and others of the manufacture of images and so forth . However , as the rules contained in these fragments differ very little in substance from those laid down in the Munasára and other treatises on the same subject , I shall ...
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... edifice . It has already been stated that con- siderable portions of the works above - mentioned , are replete with minute descriptions of religious rites , to be performed on various occasions from the commencement , to the completion ...
... edifice . It has already been stated that con- siderable portions of the works above - mentioned , are replete with minute descriptions of religious rites , to be performed on various occasions from the commencement , to the completion ...
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... edifice . Their intermarriage , also , with the families of some noted persons of the Hindú mythology , is adverted to as a further proof of the divine origin of the artists ; and the whole concludes with a short notice of their ...
... edifice . Their intermarriage , also , with the families of some noted persons of the Hindú mythology , is adverted to as a further proof of the divine origin of the artists ; and the whole concludes with a short notice of their ...
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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.