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Again , from the southern and northern points . which touch the circumference of
the inner circle respectively , and with the same radius , describe two more circles
, and the points of intersection on the two other sides will indicate the east and ...
Again , from the southern and northern points . which touch the circumference of
the inner circle respectively , and with the same radius , describe two more circles
, and the points of intersection on the two other sides will indicate the east and ...
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Various names are given to pillars , by way of distinction , with regard to their
forms : “ A square pillar is called brahmacánta ; an octangular one , vishnucánta ;
that which is circular or has sixteen sides , rudracánta ; that which has five sides ...
Various names are given to pillars , by way of distinction , with regard to their
forms : “ A square pillar is called brahmacánta ; an octangular one , vishnucánta ;
that which is circular or has sixteen sides , rudracánta ; that which has five sides ...
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... all the four sides of these compartments are sculptured , in relief , four small
pillars or pilasters supporting an entablature . ... side of the ten compartments into
which the shaft is divided , with an ornamented niche in the middle , which in the
...
... all the four sides of these compartments are sculptured , in relief , four small
pillars or pilasters supporting an entablature . ... side of the ten compartments into
which the shaft is divided , with an ornamented niche in the middle , which in the
...
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It has four streets of equal length on the four sides within the wall , meeting one
another at right angles , and two more ... may be formed three , four , five , or as
many more streets as the extent of the village will admit on each side parallel to ...
It has four streets of equal length on the four sides within the wall , meeting one
another at right angles , and two more ... may be formed three , four , five , or as
many more streets as the extent of the village will admit on each side parallel to ...
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closed by walls on all the sides but the front , in which are the doors for entrance ,
approached by the front portico , which is generally a peristyle , and it serves as
the innermost court around which people perform their circumambulations ; I say
...
closed by walls on all the sides but the front , in which are the doors for entrance ,
approached by the front portico , which is generally a peristyle , and it serves as
the innermost court around which people perform their circumambulations ; I say
...
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Ram Raz: Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús / by Rám Ráz. - London : Parker, 1834. - xiv, 64 S. : Ill. - (Oriental Translation Fund) Die bibliographische Beschreibung im Haupteintrag ist unzureichend und irreführend.
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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.
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| Title | Publications, Issue 35 Publications, Oriental Translation Fund |
| Author | Oriental Translation Fund |
| Publisher | Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
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