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... reference to existing edifices , and the ability to exhibit the results at length deduced , in the technical and scientific language of a foreign people , were all equally necessary to the completion of the task . It must , however , be ...
... reference to existing edifices , and the ability to exhibit the results at length deduced , in the technical and scientific language of a foreign people , were all equally necessary to the completion of the task . It must , however , be ...
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... reference to their points ; the eighteenth of Vimánas , temples , or palaces in general . Twelve successive chapters , from the nineteenth to the twenty - eighth , con- tain descriptions of temples surmounted by pyramidal domes ...
... reference to their points ; the eighteenth of Vimánas , temples , or palaces in general . Twelve successive chapters , from the nineteenth to the twenty - eighth , con- tain descriptions of temples surmounted by pyramidal domes ...
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... the four classes , with reference to the five qualities above- * Brahmans , C'shetriyas , Vais'yas , or men of the first , second , or third classes . mentioned . Nay , some have gone even so far ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 15.
... the four classes , with reference to the five qualities above- * Brahmans , C'shetriyas , Vais'yas , or men of the first , second , or third classes . mentioned . Nay , some have gone even so far ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 15.
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... reference to that which it occupied before the digging of the pit , whether more , less , or the same , the ground should be considered as good , bad , or indifferent ; the good and indifferent sorts are acceptable , but the bad should ...
... reference to that which it occupied before the digging of the pit , whether more , less , or the same , the ground should be considered as good , bad , or indifferent ; the good and indifferent sorts are acceptable , but the bad should ...
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... to be given to the height of pedestals , with reference to the number of parts contained in the base , there exists a multiplicity E of contradictory rules . On this subject Mánasára , our ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 25.
... to be given to the height of pedestals , with reference to the number of parts contained in the base , there exists a multiplicity E of contradictory rules . On this subject Mánasára , our ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 25.
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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.