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Page 58
... gópura at the bottom being divided into three parts ; let one of them be given to the void space of the gate in the ... gópura of a single story being divided into six parts , three to be given to the interior space , and three to the ...
... gópura at the bottom being divided into three parts ; let one of them be given to the void space of the gate in the ... gópura of a single story being divided into six parts , three to be given to the interior space , and three to the ...
Page 59
... gópura of three stories being divided into nine parts , four to be given to the interior space , three to the thickness of the walls , and the remainder to the terrace around ( álindra ) . ” " The diameter of the gópura of four stories ...
... gópura of three stories being divided into nine parts , four to be given to the interior space , three to the thickness of the walls , and the remainder to the terrace around ( álindra ) . ” " The diameter of the gópura of four stories ...
Page 60
... GÓPURA CONSISTING OF FIVE STORIES . ( See Plates XXXVIII . and XXXIX . ) " The height of the gate - pillars being divided into twenty - one parts , nine to be given to the pedestal , four to the base , and eight to the pillar , and the ...
... GÓPURA CONSISTING OF FIVE STORIES . ( See Plates XXXVIII . and XXXIX . ) " The height of the gate - pillars being divided into twenty - one parts , nine to be given to the pedestal , four to the base , and eight to the pillar , and the ...
Page 61
... GÓPURA CONSISTING OF TWELVE STORIES . ( See Plates XLI . and XLII . ) " The height of the gate - pillars is three - quarters of the breadth of the plan , and it being divided into five parts , two to be given to the pedestal , one to ...
... GÓPURA CONSISTING OF TWELVE STORIES . ( See Plates XLI . and XLII . ) " The height of the gate - pillars is three - quarters of the breadth of the plan , and it being divided into five parts , two to be given to the pedestal , one to ...
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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.