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Page iii
... 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 the objects of admiration to ...
... 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 the objects of admiration to ...
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... latter situation that he was , for upwards of five years , intimately known to the writer of these remarks , who , shortly before his quitting India , had the satisfaction of recom- mending him to the First Commissioner in Mysór , by ...
... latter situation that he was , for upwards of five years , intimately known to the writer of these remarks , who , shortly before his quitting India , had the satisfaction of recom- mending him to the First Commissioner in Mysór , by ...
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... latter for the interpretation of the superior dialect , and the latter to seek from the former for definitions of technical terms , which neither the one nor the other seem to have been able to explain or understand accurately . This ...
... latter for the interpretation of the superior dialect , and the latter to seek from the former for definitions of technical terms , which neither the one nor the other seem to have been able to explain or understand accurately . This ...
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... latter without the village , as proper for one possessed of opposite qualities . This work recognizes a great number of the treatises abovementioned , and enumerates twenty - nine of them by their titles , concluding the list with the A ...
... latter without the village , as proper for one possessed of opposite qualities . This work recognizes a great number of the treatises abovementioned , and enumerates twenty - nine of them by their titles , concluding the list with the A ...
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... latter part of the work frequently cites the authority of Cásyapa , and as the work itself is included among the subordinate treatises enumerated in the list , it appears to be comparatively a modern per- formance . It opens with an ...
... latter part of the work frequently cites the authority of Cásyapa , and as the work itself is included among the subordinate treatises enumerated in the list , it appears to be comparatively a modern per- formance . It opens with an ...
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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.