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Page 37
The pillars at Tiruvanamalei are estimated to be about thirty feet high , with
proportionate thickness , diminished at the top by a twelfth part of the lower
diameter . There are three kinds of them . The first is placed on a high pedestal
and base ...
The pillars at Tiruvanamalei are estimated to be about thirty feet high , with
proportionate thickness , diminished at the top by a twelfth part of the lower
diameter . There are three kinds of them . The first is placed on a high pedestal
and base ...
Page 38
The Egyptian columns appear to have no fixed proportion in regard to thickness
and height . In some of the specimens of the ruins of Upper Egypt , the height of
the columns consists of from four to six times the lower diameter , which last ...
The Egyptian columns appear to have no fixed proportion in regard to thickness
and height . In some of the specimens of the ruins of Upper Egypt , the height of
the columns consists of from four to six times the lower diameter , which last ...
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The thickness of the wall being divided into twelve equal parts , let five or six be
given to the door - frames or posts without , and seven or eight to the inside of the
door . The door - frames or posts may be placed either in the middle or at the ...
The thickness of the wall being divided into twelve equal parts , let five or six be
given to the door - frames or posts without , and seven or eight to the inside of the
door . The door - frames or posts may be placed either in the middle or at the ...
Page 51
The thickness of the spout should be either eight , ten , twelve , fourteen , or
sixteen angulas . Its length should be equal to the ad'hist'hána , which length
being divided into three equal parts , one is given to the projection below (
lambana ) .
The thickness of the spout should be either eight , ten , twelve , fourteen , or
sixteen angulas . Its length should be equal to the ad'hist'hána , which length
being divided into three equal parts , one is given to the projection below (
lambana ) .
Page 59
The diameter of the gópura of two stories being divided into seven parts , four to
be given to the interior space , and three to the thickness of the walls . " “ The
diameter of the gópura of three stories being divided into nine parts , four to be
given ...
The diameter of the gópura of two stories being divided into seven parts , four to
be given to the interior space , and three to the thickness of the walls . " “ The
diameter of the gópura of three stories being divided into nine parts , four to be
given ...
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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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