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Oriental Translation Fund. LONDON : Printed by J. L. Cox and Son , Great Queen Street , Lincoln's - Inn Fields . Meneral 1-22-32 26925 PREFA СЕ . 66 Essay on THE.
Oriental Translation Fund. LONDON : Printed by J. L. Cox and Son , Great Queen Street , Lincoln's - Inn Fields . Meneral 1-22-32 26925 PREFA СЕ . 66 Essay on THE.
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... streets , and the allotment of fit places for the erection of temples , and for the residence of the different classes of people . The tenth contains a description of the different sorts of cities ; the eleventh treats of the dimensions ...
... streets , and the allotment of fit places for the erection of temples , and for the residence of the different classes of people . The tenth contains a description of the different sorts of cities ; the eleventh treats of the dimensions ...
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... streets and the allotment of suitable sites for the building of temples , piazzas , & c . , I beg leave to subjoin a few extracts from it , trusting that the rules which they contain will serve to trace out the principles upon which a ...
... streets and the allotment of suitable sites for the building of temples , piazzas , & c . , I beg leave to subjoin a few extracts from it , trusting that the rules which they contain will serve to trace out the principles upon which a ...
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... streets , and mark out sites for building temples , & c . , according to the rules laid down in the Sástras ... streets , running in one direc- tion , generally from east to west , and of two more streets forming right angles at both the ...
... streets , and mark out sites for building temples , & c . , according to the rules laid down in the Sástras ... streets , running in one direc- tion , generally from east to west , and of two more streets forming right angles at both the ...
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... street . " Here several verses in the original bear allusion to the projections of some of the streets described above , but they are not sufficiently clear to be translated . " Without the walls , " continues our text , " should be ...
... street . " Here several verses in the original bear allusion to the projections of some of the streets described above , but they are not sufficiently clear to be translated . " Without the walls , " continues our text , " should be ...
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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.