Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 49
... vimána , called st'hánaca , should be in an erect posture ; that to be placed in the ásana , in a sitting ; and that to be placed in the sayana , in a recumbent posture . " " Vimánas are again divided into five sorts , with respect to ...
... vimána , called st'hánaca , should be in an erect posture ; that to be placed in the ásana , in a sitting ; and that to be placed in the sayana , in a recumbent posture . " " Vimánas are again divided into five sorts , with respect to ...
Page 50
... vimána is to be divided into ten or eight equal parts ; and nine , eight , or seven of them are given to that of the doorway , the breadth of which is to be half its height . " " In temples , and houses of Brahmans and others , two ...
... vimána is to be divided into ten or eight equal parts ; and nine , eight , or seven of them are given to that of the doorway , the breadth of which is to be half its height . " " In temples , and houses of Brahmans and others , two ...
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... VIMÁNA CONSISTING OF A SINGLE STORY . ( See Plate XXI . ) The breadth of this vimána , which is measured between the two angular pillars , is divided into six parts : two are given to the muc'hb'hadra ( or the * An ornament made in the ...
... VIMÁNA CONSISTING OF A SINGLE STORY . ( See Plate XXI . ) The breadth of this vimána , which is measured between the two angular pillars , is divided into six parts : two are given to the muc'hb'hadra ( or the * An ornament made in the ...
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... VIMÁNA CONSISTING OF TWO STORIES . ( See Plate XXII . ) " The height is twice the breadth , which latter is divided into six parts ; one to be given to the carnacút'ha , * one to the hárántara , † two to the mu- c'hub'hadra , and two to ...
... VIMÁNA CONSISTING OF TWO STORIES . ( See Plate XXII . ) " The height is twice the breadth , which latter is divided into six parts ; one to be given to the carnacút'ha , * one to the hárántara , † two to the mu- c'hub'hadra , and two to ...
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... vimána at Sri Rangam , one of the earliest specimens of sacred architecture which the ancients have left us in the South of India . The cupola or dome is crowned with four pinnacles over the front portico , and four more across the ...
... vimána at Sri Rangam , one of the earliest specimens of sacred architecture which the ancients have left us in the South of India . The cupola or dome is crowned with four pinnacles over the front portico , and four more across the ...
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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.