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Page iii
... rules by which these edifices were constructed , it remained for the author of this essay to overcome the many , and almost insurmountable obstacles to the substantiation of the fact , and to the communication of it to the European ...
... rules by which these edifices were constructed , it remained for the author of this essay to overcome the many , and almost insurmountable obstacles to the substantiation of the fact , and to the communication of it to the European ...
Page iv
Oriental Translation Fund. As of most other sciences among the Hindus , the rules and pre- cepts of architecture and sculpture had been , with some solitary exceptions , locked up in the Sanscrit language ; and , as the study of this ...
Oriental Translation Fund. As of most other sciences among the Hindus , the rules and pre- cepts of architecture and sculpture had been , with some solitary exceptions , locked up in the Sanscrit language ; and , as the study of this ...
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... rule . Such is the state of knowledge among those to whom we could look for any illustration respecting an art , the study of which has been so long neglected in this country ; and the few manuscripts too , which have escaped the ...
... rule . Such is the state of knowledge among those to whom we could look for any illustration respecting an art , the study of which has been so long neglected in this country ; and the few manuscripts too , which have escaped the ...
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... rules and directions for constructing a gnomon , for the purpose of determining the several points of the compass . The seventh treats of the parts into which the ground - plan of the cities , towns , temples , palaces and houses should ...
... rules and directions for constructing a gnomon , for the purpose of determining the several points of the compass . The seventh treats of the parts into which the ground - plan of the cities , towns , temples , palaces and houses should ...
Page 5
... rules for predicting the future prosperity of him who causes the edifice to be raised , by the aspect of the stars , the situation of the building with respect to the cardinal points , and other astrological devices . to be planted in ...
... rules for predicting the future prosperity of him who causes the edifice to be raised , by the aspect of the stars , the situation of the building with respect to the cardinal points , and other astrological devices . to be planted in ...
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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.