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... sculpture had been , with some solitary exceptions , locked up in the Sanscrit language ; and , as the study of this language was limited , in general , to the higher classes ; the only means of improvement left to the artist , who in ...
... sculpture had been , with some solitary exceptions , locked up in the Sanscrit language ; and , as the study of this language was limited , in general , to the higher classes ; the only means of improvement left to the artist , who in ...
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... sculpture , & c .; and I have already mentioned to you how much I am indebted to Dr. Aitkin for the two manuscripts which he had the kindness to procure me ; but our best pundits have given them up as altogether inexplicable ; and ...
... sculpture , & c .; and I have already mentioned to you how much I am indebted to Dr. Aitkin for the two manuscripts which he had the kindness to procure me ; but our best pundits have given them up as altogether inexplicable ; and ...
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... sculpture , & c . , which collectively are called the Silpa Sústra , * but unfortunately few traces of them remain . There appears to have been , according to some , thirty - two , and according to others sixty - four , standard ...
... sculpture , & c . , which collectively are called the Silpa Sústra , * but unfortunately few traces of them remain . There appears to have been , according to some , thirty - two , and according to others sixty - four , standard ...
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... sculpture . In a series of memorial verses preserved among the artists , are recorded the names of the authors or titles of the above - mentioned sixty - four treatises . Of these , thirty - two are called Muc'hya , or principal , and ...
... sculpture . In a series of memorial verses preserved among the artists , are recorded the names of the authors or titles of the above - mentioned sixty - four treatises . Of these , thirty - two are called Muc'hya , or principal , and ...
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... sculpture , carpentry , & c .; the second describes the qualification of a Silpi , and gives a brief account of the origin of the five different classes of artists , said to have been descended from Viswacarma , and to have followed ...
... sculpture , carpentry , & c .; the second describes the qualification of a Silpi , and gives a brief account of the origin of the five different classes of artists , said to have been descended from Viswacarma , and to have followed ...
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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.