Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 18
... projection of seven angulas from the yoke , and its bottom six angulas broad , four thick , tapering gradually from the lower to the higher end , with a slight indenture about the middle . The inverted piece at the lower end of the ...
... projection of seven angulas from the yoke , and its bottom six angulas broad , four thick , tapering gradually from the lower to the higher end , with a slight indenture about the middle . The inverted piece at the lower end of the ...
Page 21
... from that point , and with a radius equal to the length of the shadow projected at the third ghatica after the sun's rise , plus half of the diameter of the gnomon ( because the shadow is ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 21.
... from that point , and with a radius equal to the length of the shadow projected at the third ghatica after the sun's rise , plus half of the diameter of the gnomon ( because the shadow is ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 21.
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... projection , and very much resembling the cima recta and reversa of the western architects . This moulding is ... projection . Of all the rectangular mouldings , a campa ( 2 ) has the least height , and its projection , though generally ...
... projection , and very much resembling the cima recta and reversa of the western architects . This moulding is ... projection . Of all the rectangular mouldings , a campa ( 2 ) has the least height , and its projection , though generally ...
Page 25
... projection with the latter ; but when employed in archi- traves and friezes , its height and projection increase considerably . An uttara ( 4 ) is used sometimes to signify the whole architrave , and sometimes to denote a particular ...
... projection with the latter ; but when employed in archi- traves and friezes , its height and projection increase considerably . An uttara ( 4 ) is used sometimes to signify the whole architrave , and sometimes to denote a particular ...
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... projections to pedestals than any other author . He divides the pedestals into three sorts , according to the magnitude of the edifices in which they are to be employed , and makes their height , if I understand him rightly , to consist ...
... projections to pedestals than any other author . He divides the pedestals into three sorts , according to the magnitude of the edifices in which they are to be employed , and makes their height , if I understand him rightly , to consist ...
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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.