Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... treats , but particularly on that of building sacred edifices ; and it is often consulted by the artists as the highest authority for the solution of contested points in architecture . This work appears , according to an enumeration of ...
... treats , but particularly on that of building sacred edifices ; and it is often consulted by the artists as the highest authority for the solution of contested points in architecture . This work appears , according to an enumeration of ...
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... treats of the measures used in architecture , sculpture , carpentry , & c .; the second describes the qualification of a Silpi , and gives a brief account of the origin of the five different classes of artists , said to have been ...
... treats of the measures used in architecture , sculpture , carpentry , & c .; the second describes the qualification of a Silpi , and gives a brief account of the origin of the five different classes of artists , said to have been ...
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... treats of Abhishécas or ablutionary rites , by which images are sanctified ; the forty - seventh of jewels and ornaments worn by the gods and mortals ; the forty - eighth of statues of Brahma and other deities ; the forty - ninth of the ...
... treats of Abhishécas or ablutionary rites , by which images are sanctified ; the forty - seventh of jewels and ornaments worn by the gods and mortals ; the forty - eighth of statues of Brahma and other deities ; the forty - ninth of the ...
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... treats of the mystical rites practised in honour of Vástu , preparatory to the building of sacred edifices , or of ... treat of the auspicious and inauspicious seasons for the com- mencement of an edifice , and others of the manufacture ...
... treats of the mystical rites practised in honour of Vástu , preparatory to the building of sacred edifices , or of ... treat of the auspicious and inauspicious seasons for the com- mencement of an edifice , and others of the manufacture ...
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... treat ; but , in truth , the architectural portions of them , if divested of all the extraneous matter with which they abound C 2 ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 11 to the Christian æra, and their celebrity to have ...
... treat ; but , in truth , the architectural portions of them , if divested of all the extraneous matter with which they abound C 2 ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 11 to the Christian æra, and their celebrity to have ...
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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.