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... pyramidal gate- ways leading to the latter , the colonnades and porticoes with which they are surrounded ; some of " a thousand pillars , " others equally remarkable for their elevations , richness , and grandeur of design , have for ...
... pyramidal gate- ways leading to the latter , the colonnades and porticoes with which they are surrounded ; some of " a thousand pillars , " others equally remarkable for their elevations , richness , and grandeur of design , have for ...
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... pyramidal domes , consisting of from one to twelve stories , with their respective dimensions . The twenty - ninth chapter treats of Prácáras or outer courts of temples ; the thirtieth of the attendant deities , and the parts ...
... pyramidal domes , consisting of from one to twelve stories , with their respective dimensions . The twenty - ninth chapter treats of Prácáras or outer courts of temples ; the thirtieth of the attendant deities , and the parts ...
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... pyramidal gateways , the mantapas or porticoes , the altars to be raised in the front of temples , and concludes with instructions for the carving of images , & c . whose name The third work , entitled Cásyapa , is attributed to the ...
... pyramidal gateways , the mantapas or porticoes , the altars to be raised in the front of temples , and concludes with instructions for the carving of images , & c . whose name The third work , entitled Cásyapa , is attributed to the ...
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... pyramidal towers , consisting of from one to sixteen stories ; the toranas or ornamental arches erected over gateways and pillars ; doors and their dimensions ; statues of the gods , saints , and holy men , & c . The fourth treatise ...
... pyramidal towers , consisting of from one to sixteen stories ; the toranas or ornamental arches erected over gateways and pillars ; doors and their dimensions ; statues of the gods , saints , and holy men , & c . The fourth treatise ...
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... pyramidal temples . The same subject is also treated of in several sections of the Cásyapa . 6 " “ A vimúna consists , according to the former , of from one to twelve stories ; ' and according to the latter , of from one to sixteen ...
... pyramidal temples . The same subject is also treated of in several sections of the Cásyapa . 6 " “ A vimúna consists , according to the former , of from one to twelve stories ; ' and according to the latter , of from one to sixteen ...
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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.