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... performed on various occasions in the building of temples , houses , & c . The ninth chapter treats of villages and towns , and prescribes rules for the formation of streets , and the allotment of fit places for the erection of temples ...
... performed on various occasions in the building of temples , houses , & c . The ninth chapter treats of villages and towns , and prescribes rules for the formation of streets , and the allotment of fit places for the erection of temples ...
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... performed on various occasions , in the building of temples , houses , villages , towns , and cities ; the ceremonies attending the consecration of images ; the mode of determining the propitious moment for commencing to lay the ...
... performed on various occasions , in the building of temples , houses , villages , towns , and cities ; the ceremonies attending the consecration of images ; the mode of determining the propitious moment for commencing to lay the ...
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... performed by Dasáratha the King of Ayodhya ( Oude ) , and father of Ráma . It differs little from the Mánasára in the main arrangement of the subjects . It opens with the mystical rites per- formed in honour of the Vástu , or the spirit ...
... performed by Dasáratha the King of Ayodhya ( Oude ) , and father of Ráma . It differs little from the Mánasára in the main arrangement of the subjects . It opens with the mystical rites per- formed in honour of the Vástu , or the spirit ...
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... performed in honour of the Vástupurusha , or the spirit presiding over the ground appropriate for the erecting of temples and houses ; thence to the mode of constructing a sanc'hu or gnomon for the purpose of ascertaining the points of ...
... performed in honour of the Vástupurusha , or the spirit presiding over the ground appropriate for the erecting of temples and houses ; thence to the mode of constructing a sanc'hu or gnomon for the purpose of ascertaining the points of ...
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... performed when the purpose is to obtain special boons or favours , either temporal or spiritual , such as progeny , riches , wisdom , absolution from sin , purification , & c . It next treats of the mystical rites practised in honour of ...
... performed when the purpose is to obtain special boons or favours , either temporal or spiritual , such as progeny , riches , wisdom , absolution from sin , purification , & c . It next treats of the mystical rites practised in honour of ...
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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.