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Page iii
... gate- ways leading to the latter , the colonnades and porticoes with which they are surrounded ; some of " a thousand pillars , " others equally remarkable for their elevations , richness , and grandeur of design , have for ages been ...
... gate- ways leading to the latter , the colonnades and porticoes with which they are surrounded ; some of " a thousand pillars , " others equally remarkable for their elevations , richness , and grandeur of design , have for ages been ...
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... gates and doorways , with their dimensions ; the thirty - eighth and thirty - ninth of the palaces and their appendages ; the fortieth of princes with their titles ; the forty - first of the building of cars and other vehicles of the ...
... gates and doorways , with their dimensions ; the thirty - eighth and thirty - ninth of the palaces and their appendages ; the fortieth of princes with their titles ; the forty - first of the building of cars and other vehicles of the ...
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... gates , and doorways , palaces , & c . & c . The remainder of the work appears to contain ample information respecting the whole process in the construction of images , and of cars and other vehicles in which the gods are carried in ...
... gates , and doorways , palaces , & c . & c . The remainder of the work appears to contain ample information respecting the whole process in the construction of images , and of cars and other vehicles in which the gods are carried in ...
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... gates of the temples , and doorways of houses , pil- lars , capitals , and other ornaments ; the seats raised on the pavements of temples , and niches for the reception of images ; aqueducts or water- courses ; the several sorts of ...
... gates of the temples , and doorways of houses , pil- lars , capitals , and other ornaments ; the seats raised on the pavements of temples , and niches for the reception of images ; aqueducts or water- courses ; the several sorts of ...
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... gates on both sides rájavít'hi ; that which has sand'his or angles , sand'hivit hi ; and that which is in a southerly direction , mahácala or vámana . ” " Previously to building villages , towns , & c . , let the st'hapati trace upon ...
... gates on both sides rájavít'hi ; that which has sand'his or angles , sand'hivit hi ; and that which is in a southerly direction , mahácala or vámana . ” " Previously to building villages , towns , & c . , let the st'hapati trace upon ...
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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.