Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page iv
... notice of the public in " Rickards's India , " merit and indeed claim insertion in an introduction to his work . They are detailed in two letters from the author to Mr. Clarke , extracts from which will be found in a subsequent page ...
... notice of the public in " Rickards's India , " merit and indeed claim insertion in an introduction to his work . They are detailed in two letters from the author to Mr. Clarke , extracts from which will be found in a subsequent page ...
Page vi
... notices of his life . They are , however , merely such as the recollections of the writer to whom the subject of these notices was intimately known for several years , can supply , yet they may , perhaps , as a tribute to his memory ...
... notices of his life . They are , however , merely such as the recollections of the writer to whom the subject of these notices was intimately known for several years , can supply , yet they may , perhaps , as a tribute to his memory ...
Page vii
... notice of the gentleman before mentioned . He had undertaken to translate from the Mahratta into the Eng- lish language a code of Regulations drawn up by order of the late TIPPU SULTAN , the sovereign of Mysór , for the guidance of his ...
... notice of the gentleman before mentioned . He had undertaken to translate from the Mahratta into the Eng- lish language a code of Regulations drawn up by order of the late TIPPU SULTAN , the sovereign of Mysór , for the guidance of his ...
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... notice , however , that a considerable portion of the whole is occupied with a minute description of the mysteries , rites , and sacrifices to be performed on various occasions , in the building of temples , houses , villages , towns ...
... notice , however , that a considerable portion of the whole is occupied with a minute description of the mysteries , rites , and sacrifices to be performed on various occasions , in the building of temples , houses , villages , towns ...
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... notice . Some of these pieces are descriptive of the construction of temples , some of the towers over gateways , some contain directions for laying the foundation of a building , some treat of the auspicious and inauspicious seasons ...
... notice . Some of these pieces are descriptive of the construction of temples , some of the towers over gateways , some contain directions for laying the foundation of a building , some treat of the auspicious and inauspicious seasons ...
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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.