Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... measurements used in architecture , sculpture , & c . In measuring space , the Hindús commonly take their reckoning from the most minute quantity or extent ; and Mánasára , like others who have treated on the subject , begins his ...
... measurements used in architecture , sculpture , & c . In measuring space , the Hindús commonly take their reckoning from the most minute quantity or extent ; and Mánasára , like others who have treated on the subject , begins his ...
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... measured for one day , and the product being divided by sixty ghaticas , the result will give the difference of the shadow for the given time ; it will then be only necessary to remove the eastern or western point so far towards the ...
... measured for one day , and the product being divided by sixty ghaticas , the result will give the difference of the shadow for the given time ; it will then be only necessary to remove the eastern or western point so far towards the ...
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Oriental Translation Fund. the diameter of the gnomon ( because the shadow is measured from the cir- cumference of the gnomon ) , let a circle be described , and in the centre of it . let a sanc'hu be erected , of twelve angulas in ...
Oriental Translation Fund. the diameter of the gnomon ( because the shadow is measured from the cir- cumference of the gnomon ) , let a circle be described , and in the centre of it . let a sanc'hu be erected , of twelve angulas in ...
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... measured . A vájina ( 5 ) is distinguished from the campa , by the former having a greater projection than the latter . A prativájina ( 6 ) is the same thing made in pedestals to answer to the vájina ; its form , though generally ...
... measured . A vájina ( 5 ) is distinguished from the campa , by the former having a greater projection than the latter . A prativájina ( 6 ) is the same thing made in pedestals to answer to the vájina ; its form , though generally ...
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... measured from the plinth ( of the former ) up to the lowest part of the enta- blature , " that is , from the base to the capital inclusive . A passage in the Cásyapa states , that the measurement may also be taken from the cimbia of the ...
... measured from the plinth ( of the former ) up to the lowest part of the enta- blature , " that is , from the base to the capital inclusive . A passage in the Cásyapa states , that the measurement may also be taken from the cimbia of the ...
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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.