Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... square or oblong , white or red , sweet or sour , provided that the situation is convenient , and that it furnishes a firm bottom for laying the founda- tion ; nor is it possible to find a place possessing all the qualities required by ...
... square or oblong , white or red , sweet or sour , provided that the situation is convenient , and that it furnishes a firm bottom for laying the founda- tion ; nor is it possible to find a place possessing all the qualities required by ...
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... square dye , which is peculiar to the former . The pedestal is not only placed under the base of a column or pilaster , but frequently employed , both singly and together with the latter , as a pavement for temples and porticoes , over ...
... square dye , which is peculiar to the former . The pedestal is not only placed under the base of a column or pilaster , but frequently employed , both singly and together with the latter , as a pavement for temples and porticoes , over ...
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... square members above - mentioned are nothing more than rectangular figures or parallelograms , differing from one another only in their degrees of altitude and projection . Of all the rectangular mouldings , a campa ( 2 ) has the least ...
... square members above - mentioned are nothing more than rectangular figures or parallelograms , differing from one another only in their degrees of altitude and projection . Of all the rectangular mouldings , a campa ( 2 ) has the least ...
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... square fillets with forms of gems , blossoms , foliages , & c . , and the cantha with figures of vyálas , ** sinhas , tt or of leaves , flowers , and the like . " * Plinth . + Fillet . Cima recta . Dado . § Platland . ** A fabulous ...
... square fillets with forms of gems , blossoms , foliages , & c . , and the cantha with figures of vyálas , ** sinhas , tt or of leaves , flowers , and the like . " * Plinth . + Fillet . Cima recta . Dado . § Platland . ** A fabulous ...
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... square pillar is called brahmacánta ; an octangular one , vishnucánta ; that which is circular or has sixteen sides , rudracánta ; that which has five sides , sivacánta ; and that which has six sides , s'chanda- cánta . " The whole ...
... square pillar is called brahmacánta ; an octangular one , vishnucánta ; that which is circular or has sixteen sides , rudracánta ; that which has five sides , sivacánta ; and that which has six sides , s'chanda- cánta . " The whole ...
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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.