Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 18
... height above the beam , five . Let a head be fashioned in the bosom of the mould - board , of fourteen angulas in length ... equal in length to the beam , with holes at both ends , and a leathern strap attached to each , of two hastas in ...
... height above the beam , five . Let a head be fashioned in the bosom of the mould - board , of fourteen angulas in length ... equal in length to the beam , with holes at both ends , and a leathern strap attached to each , of two hastas in ...
Page 20
... height of the gnomon , by fixing one end of it to its base and carrying the ... same time before sun - set ; and between these points a right line is drawn so ... equal to the distance between them , describe two more circles cutting each ...
... height of the gnomon , by fixing one end of it to its base and carrying the ... same time before sun - set ; and between these points a right line is drawn so ... equal to the distance between them , describe two more circles cutting each ...
Page 24
... height , and its projection , though generally equal to its altitude , frequently varies according to the position of the principal members which it is employed to connect or to separate ; and it answers in every respect , to the fillet ...
... height , and its projection , though generally equal to its altitude , frequently varies according to the position of the principal members which it is employed to connect or to separate ; and it answers in every respect , to the fillet ...
Page 26
... height , if I understand him rightly , to consist of from one - quarter to six times the height of the base , and ... equal to that of the base , or twice or three times as much . " Here , the greatest height given to a pedestal , namely ...
... height , if I understand him rightly , to consist of from one - quarter to six times the height of the base , and ... equal to that of the base , or twice or three times as much . " Here , the greatest height given to a pedestal , namely ...
Page 27
... height of the upapitha into twenty - six parts , and let three be given to ... equal parts , give three to the upána , a half to the campa , three to the ... equal to its height , or two , three , or four times as much more than its ...
... height of the upapitha into twenty - six parts , and let three be given to ... equal parts , give three to the upána , a half to the campa , three to the ... equal to its height , or two , three , or four times as much more than its ...
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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.