Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... shaft or pillar is to be divided into four parts , and one to be given to the base , which may or may not be accompanied by a pedestal ; and in the case where a pedestal is joined to the base , the height of the pedestal may be either ...
... shaft or pillar is to be divided into four parts , and one to be given to the base , which may or may not be accompanied by a pedestal ; and in the case where a pedestal is joined to the base , the height of the pedestal may be either ...
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... shaft . When placed under pillars of an inferior sort , in porticoes and the like , and without a pedestal , its height is stated to be one - fourth , or one - third of that of the whole pillar . To bases , or rather basements , raised ...
... shaft . When placed under pillars of an inferior sort , in porticoes and the like , and without a pedestal , its height is stated to be one - fourth , or one - third of that of the whole pillar . To bases , or rather basements , raised ...
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... shaft may be of the same form , or in pillars of other forms , than square ; the bottom , middle , and top may be quadrangular , and the intermediate spaces of other forms . " If the whole shaft from bottom to top be uniformly ...
... shaft may be of the same form , or in pillars of other forms , than square ; the bottom , middle , and top may be quadrangular , and the intermediate spaces of other forms . " If the whole shaft from bottom to top be uniformly ...
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... shaft , and its projection is equal to its height . The form of the capital is called pushpabandha . " The height of the capital , " says Mánasára , " may be either equal to the breadth of the shaft , or one - half or three - quarters ...
... shaft , and its projection is equal to its height . The form of the capital is called pushpabandha . " The height of the capital , " says Mánasára , " may be either equal to the breadth of the shaft , or one - half or three - quarters ...
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... shaft at the top of the eighth part of the thickness at its bottom . The base occupies half a diameter , and this height is to be divided into ten parts ; two to be given to the plinth , one to the fillet ; three to the cimacia and its ...
... shaft at the top of the eighth part of the thickness at its bottom . The base occupies half a diameter , and this height is to be divided into ten parts ; two to be given to the plinth , one to the fillet ; three to the cimacia and its ...
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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.