Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... proportion , " and which , from this etymology , I am inclined to believe ; but whatever may be the real name of the author , I shall make use of the word both as the name of the author and the title of the work throughout this essay ...
... proportion , " and which , from this etymology , I am inclined to believe ; but whatever may be the real name of the author , I shall make use of the word both as the name of the author and the title of the work throughout this essay ...
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... proportions of the several members of a sacred edifice . It has already been stated that con- siderable portions of the works above - mentioned , are replete with minute descriptions of religious rites , to be performed on various ...
... proportions of the several members of a sacred edifice . It has already been stated that con- siderable portions of the works above - mentioned , are replete with minute descriptions of religious rites , to be performed on various ...
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... proportion . According to Mánasára , there are three kinds of pedestals ; of which the first is called védibhadra , the ... proportions in the designs themselves ( Plate I. ) , it would be superfluous to specify them in this place . To ...
... proportion . According to Mánasára , there are three kinds of pedestals ; of which the first is called védibhadra , the ... proportions in the designs themselves ( Plate I. ) , it would be superfluous to specify them in this place . To ...
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... proportion of six angulas . The same author also prescribes the heights of pedestals to be constructed in the houses of the ... proportions of the component parts of no less than sixty - four different sorts of bases , under various ...
... proportion of six angulas . The same author also prescribes the heights of pedestals to be constructed in the houses of the ... proportions of the component parts of no less than sixty - four different sorts of bases , under various ...
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... difference in the Indian orders , consists chiefly in the proportion be- tween the thickness and height of pillars ; while that of the Grecian and Roman orders depends , not only on the dimensions of ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 37.
... difference in the Indian orders , consists chiefly in the proportion be- tween the thickness and height of pillars ; while that of the Grecian and Roman orders depends , not only on the dimensions of ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 37.
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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.