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... number of the treatises abovementioned , and enumerates twenty - nine of them by their titles , concluding the list with the A follower of Vishnu . words " and others ; " but which of these 2 ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS .
... number of the treatises abovementioned , and enumerates twenty - nine of them by their titles , concluding the list with the A follower of Vishnu . words " and others ; " but which of these 2 ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS .
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... nine angulas long , two broad , and one and a half thick . The mould - board should be twenty - four angulas long , and its height above the beam , five . Let a head be fashioned in the bosom of the mould - board , of fourteen angulas ...
... nine angulas long , two broad , and one and a half thick . The mould - board should be twenty - four angulas long , and its height above the beam , five . Let a head be fashioned in the bosom of the mould - board , of fourteen angulas ...
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... nine , or eight parts , and one be taken for the breadth of the foot of the shaft ; and the same being divided again by the number of parts of which the height of the pillar may consist , let the upper extremity of it be diminished by ...
... nine , or eight parts , and one be taken for the breadth of the foot of the shaft ; and the same being divided again by the number of parts of which the height of the pillar may consist , let the upper extremity of it be diminished by ...
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... generally orna , mented with the figures of the animal called vyála . A square moulding so called . § The projecting member of the cornice . F The fourth sort of column is nine diameters high . ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 33.
... generally orna , mented with the figures of the animal called vyála . A square moulding so called . § The projecting member of the cornice . F The fourth sort of column is nine diameters high . ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 33.
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Oriental Translation Fund. The fourth sort of column is nine diameters high . The base is one of those called pratib'hadra , and is one diameter in height . It is without a pedestal . The base is to be divided into eighteen equal parts ...
Oriental Translation Fund. The fourth sort of column is nine diameters high . The base is one of those called pratib'hadra , and is one diameter in height . It is without a pedestal . The base is to be divided into eighteen equal parts ...
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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.