Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... give the whole system of architecture as known to the Hindús at any particular period , or indeed , a complete translation of such portions of those treatises as he was able to collect ; but , from his deductions and illustrations ...
... give the whole system of architecture as known to the Hindús at any particular period , or indeed , a complete translation of such portions of those treatises as he was able to collect ; but , from his deductions and illustrations ...
Page viii
... give rise to considerable doubt of its being the unassisted performance of a Hindú . Satisfied that it was so , this gentleman , his early patron , who besides the several offices which he held in the civil department of the Madras ...
... give rise to considerable doubt of its being the unassisted performance of a Hindú . Satisfied that it was so , this gentleman , his early patron , who besides the several offices which he held in the civil department of the Madras ...
Page xiii
... give you some notion of the nature of the undertaking in which I am engaged , and of the little progress which I have hitherto been enabled to make in consequence of unavoidable delays arising partly from the diffi- culty of the subject ...
... give you some notion of the nature of the undertaking in which I am engaged , and of the little progress which I have hitherto been enabled to make in consequence of unavoidable delays arising partly from the diffi- culty of the subject ...
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... gives a brief account of the origin of the five different classes of artists , said to have been descended from Viswacarma , and to have followed respectively the occupations of sculptors , joiners , braziers , jewellers , and ...
... gives a brief account of the origin of the five different classes of artists , said to have been descended from Viswacarma , and to have followed respectively the occupations of sculptors , joiners , braziers , jewellers , and ...
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... give rules for the examination of the soil , the preparation of it for buildings in general , the construction of a gnomon for the purpose of determining the cardinal points , the divi- sion of the ground - plan into several parts for ...
... give rules for the examination of the soil , the preparation of it for buildings in general , the construction of a gnomon for the purpose of determining the cardinal points , the divi- sion of the ground - plan into several parts for ...
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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.