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Let the breadth of it be either one , one and a - quarter , half , or three - quarters of
the diameter . ” I cannot find in any of the authors a description of this capital , and
it is only mentioned by name by Mánasára and others . I have given the ...
Let the breadth of it be either one , one and a - quarter , half , or three - quarters of
the diameter . ” I cannot find in any of the authors a description of this capital , and
it is only mentioned by name by Mánasára and others . I have given the ...
Page 34
The upper ornaments of this column occupy two diameters , and the capital takes
three - quarters of the diameter , which is to be divided into ten parts : two to be
given to the abacus , which projects half a diameter , one to the strings of pearls ...
The upper ornaments of this column occupy two diameters , and the capital takes
three - quarters of the diameter , which is to be divided into ten parts : two to be
given to the abacus , which projects half a diameter , one to the strings of pearls ...
Page 55
This temple has been selected for a specimen on account of the singularity of the
plan , and of the three different deities ... one to the base , two to the pillar , one to
the entablature , three - quarters to the pedestal , three - quarters to the base ...
This temple has been selected for a specimen on account of the singularity of the
plan , and of the three different deities ... one to the base , two to the pillar , one to
the entablature , three - quarters to the pedestal , three - quarters to the base ...
Page 60
The height of the principal pillars of the gate , which should be threequarters of
the breadth of the ground - plan , being divided into three and three - quarters
parts , three - quarters to be given to the pedestal , one to the base , two to the
pillars ...
The height of the principal pillars of the gate , which should be threequarters of
the breadth of the ground - plan , being divided into three and three - quarters
parts , three - quarters to be given to the pedestal , one to the base , two to the
pillars ...
Page 61
A GÓPURA CONSISTING OF TWELVE STORIES . ( See Plates XLI . and XLII . ) “
The height of the gate - pillars is three - quarters of the breadth of the plan , and it
being divided into five parts , two to be given to the pedestal , one to the base ...
A GÓPURA CONSISTING OF TWELVE STORIES . ( See Plates XLI . and XLII . ) “
The height of the gate - pillars is three - quarters of the breadth of the plan , and it
being divided into five parts , two to be given to the pedestal , one to the base ...
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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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