Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... walls of the temple ; the thirty - first of Gópuras or pyramidal build- ings , or turrets raised over the gateways leading into the temples ; the thirty - second of Man- tapás or porticoes , or resting - places for the deity ; the ...
... walls of the temple ; the thirty - first of Gópuras or pyramidal build- ings , or turrets raised over the gateways leading into the temples ; the thirty - second of Man- tapás or porticoes , or resting - places for the deity ; the ...
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... wall , ( cudyastambha ) . " 66 Various names are given to pillars , by way of distinction , with regard to their forms : " A square pillar is called brahmacánta ; an octangular one , vishnucánta ; that which is circular or has sixteen ...
... wall , ( cudyastambha ) . " 66 Various names are given to pillars , by way of distinction , with regard to their forms : " A square pillar is called brahmacánta ; an octangular one , vishnucánta ; that which is circular or has sixteen ...
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... wall . It consists of from one to five parallel streets , running in one direc- tion , generally from east to west ... walls have a single row of houses ; the centre streets a double row , or one on each side . The space occupied by ...
... wall . It consists of from one to five parallel streets , running in one direc- tion , generally from east to west ... walls have a single row of houses ; the centre streets a double row , or one on each side . The space occupied by ...
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... wall , meeting one another at right angles , and two more crossing each other in the middle . Between these may be ... walls , " continues our text , " should be placed the shrines of the deities who preside over and defend the several ...
... wall , meeting one another at right angles , and two more crossing each other in the middle . Between these may be ... walls , " continues our text , " should be placed the shrines of the deities who preside over and defend the several ...
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... wall by which it is surrounded , running in each direction at right angles ; namely , one near the north - west quarter , passing towards the north - east , projects at a small distance beyond the cross street which intersects it ...
... wall by which it is surrounded , running in each direction at right angles ; namely , one near the north - west quarter , passing towards the north - east , projects at a small distance beyond the cross street which intersects it ...
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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.