Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... resemblance in the leading features of the buildings in Egypt and India , and have thence concluded that there has very early been a communication of architectural knowledge between the two countries . But it is not altogether ...
... resemblance in the leading features of the buildings in Egypt and India , and have thence concluded that there has very early been a communication of architectural knowledge between the two countries . But it is not altogether ...
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... 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 north- west , and the like ...
... 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 north- west , and the like ...
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... resembling the leaf of a bambu , furnished with a share of three , five , or six angulas long and two thick , and with a beam of three yards in length . This machine is to be yoked to a pair of oxen of equal size and of the same colour ...
... resembling the leaf of a bambu , furnished with a share of three , five , or six angulas long and two thick , and with a beam of three yards in length . This machine is to be yoked to a pair of oxen of equal size and of the same colour ...
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Oriental Translation Fund. spot on their legs and foreheads , with eyes resembling the petals of the lotus , are to be preferred . They should be decorated with fillets and the like , and their horns and hoofs with gold or silver rings ...
Oriental Translation Fund. spot on their legs and foreheads , with eyes resembling the petals of the lotus , are to be preferred . They should be decorated with fillets and the like , and their horns and hoofs with gold or silver rings ...
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... resembling ( in their points of intersection ) the head and tail of a fish , between which draw a right line , which will point to the south and north . Again , from the southern and northern points , which touch the circumference of ...
... resembling ( in their points of intersection ) the head and tail of a fish , between which draw a right line , which will point to the south and north . Again , from the southern and northern points , which touch the circumference 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.