Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... space , the Hindús commonly take their reckoning from the most minute quantity or extent ; and Mánasára , like others who have treated on the subject , begins his measure from para- mánu , which he defines to be the particle perceptible ...
... space , the Hindús commonly take their reckoning from the most minute quantity or extent ; and Mánasára , like others who have treated on the subject , begins his measure from para- mánu , which he defines to be the particle perceptible ...
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... space which the latter may now take up with reference to that which it occupied before the digging of the pit , whether more , less , or the same , the ground should be considered as good , bad , or indifferent ; the good and ...
... space which the latter may now take up with reference to that which it occupied before the digging of the pit , whether more , less , or the same , the ground should be considered as good , bad , or indifferent ; the good and ...
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... spaces of other forms . " If the whole shaft from bottom to top be uniformly cylindrical and devoid of ornament , it is called chandracánta . A minute technical description is here given by the two authors above- mentioned , of the ...
... spaces of other forms . " If the whole shaft from bottom to top be uniformly cylindrical and devoid of ornament , it is called chandracánta . A minute technical description is here given by the two authors above- mentioned , of the ...
Page 32
... space between one column and another exceeds three diameters . The general rule laid down in the Mánasára is this : " The intercolumniation may be either two , three , four , or five diameters ; it is measured in three ways , 1st . from ...
... space between one column and another exceeds three diameters . The general rule laid down in the Mánasára is this : " The intercolumniation may be either two , three , four , or five diameters ; it is measured in three ways , 1st . from ...
Page 34
... space equal to three diameters is taken up by strings of pearls , but which are omitted in some columns of a similar description . The fifth sort of column is ten diameters high , including the base , which ought to be three - quarters ...
... space equal to three diameters is taken up by strings of pearls , but which are omitted in some columns of a similar description . The fifth sort of column is ten diameters high , including the base , which ought to be three - quarters ...
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a-quarter angulas Arabic architecture architrave artists Brahmans breadth building called campa cant'ha capital capóta Cásyapa cavetto chapter chunam cima recta cimbia collarino column contains cornice cupola dandás Day & Haghe deities Demy Octavo Demy Quarto diameters high edifice entablature equal in height erected fillet five given gnomon gnomon projects gópura Gopura consisting Grecian half hastha Hindú architects History Honourable India Indian architecture intercolumniations latter Lithographed lotus lower Madras Mánasára mantapa middle moulding Octavo ornaments ovolo padma Paul of Aleppo pedestals and bases Persian pillar pinnacle Plate plinth points porticoes prastara projection proportions pyramidal Quarto resembles respect Royal Asiatic Society rules sculpture seven shaft sides Siva Society by Day sorts Sri Rangam STANISLAS JULIEN sthapati stone streets temples thickness three and a-half three-quarters torus translated by Professor treatises twelve stories upper base village VIMÁNA CONSISTING Vishnu whole William Ouseley ם ם ם
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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.