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Page vii
... various parts of the subject * It is not uncommon that in the same town or village two , three , or more vernacular lan- guages will equally prevail ; and that boys are taught , though very imperfectly , to read and write in the whole ...
... various parts of the subject * It is not uncommon that in the same town or village two , three , or more vernacular lan- guages will equally prevail ; and that boys are taught , though very imperfectly , to read and write in the whole ...
Page x
... various letters and testimonials from highly respectable individuals now in my possession will testify . It may also be in your recollection that he constantly and steadily pursued a course of study which has tended , in a certain ...
... various letters and testimonials from highly respectable individuals now in my possession will testify . It may also be in your recollection that he constantly and steadily pursued a course of study which has tended , in a certain ...
Page xi
... various difficulties with which I have to contend in elucidating a subject now so little known in this part of the country . Little did I foresee the extent of the field into which my research has since led me . It is true I have ...
... various difficulties with which I have to contend in elucidating a subject now so little known in this part of the country . Little did I foresee the extent of the field into which my research has since led me . It is true I have ...
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... various occasions in the building of temples , houses , & c . The ninth chapter treats of villages and towns , and prescribes rules for the formation of streets , and the allotment of fit places for the erection of temples , and for the ...
... various occasions in the building of temples , houses , & c . The ninth chapter treats of villages and towns , and prescribes rules for the formation of streets , and the allotment of fit places for the erection of temples , and for the ...
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... various sorts of temples , consisting of from one to twelve stories high ; the construction of mantapas or porticoes , gates , and doorways , palaces , & c . & c . The remainder of the work appears to contain ample information ...
... various sorts of temples , consisting of from one to twelve stories high ; the construction of mantapas or porticoes , gates , and doorways , palaces , & c . & c . The remainder of the work appears to contain ample information ...
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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.