Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page v
... whole system of architecture as known to the Hindús at any particular period , or indeed , a complete translation of such portions of those treatises as he was able to collect ; but , from his deductions and illustrations , such an ...
... whole system of architecture as known to the Hindús at any particular period , or indeed , a complete translation of such portions of those treatises as he was able to collect ; but , from his deductions and illustrations , such an ...
Page vi
... whole graceful and easy , a diffidence which might lead the cursory observer to undervalue his abilities ; but by those to whom he was known in private , it was more justly attributed to innate mo- desty and humility . His name implies ...
... whole graceful and easy , a diffidence which might lead the cursory observer to undervalue his abilities ; but by those to whom he was known in private , it was more justly attributed to innate mo- desty and humility . His name implies ...
Page vii
... 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 of them . by comparison and by contrast with the English system of PREFACE . vii.
... 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 of them . by comparison and by contrast with the English system of PREFACE . vii.
Page xi
... whole is no more intelligible than the darkest oracles are , at least , to those who are unacquainted with the science itself . Our pundits , it is well known , are skilful enough in scholastic disputation respecting grammar , logic ...
... whole is no more intelligible than the darkest oracles are , at least , to those who are unacquainted with the science itself . Our pundits , it is well known , are skilful enough in scholastic disputation respecting grammar , logic ...
Page xii
... whole nation , if not to the whole world . Even the few scattered fragments which have escaped the hand which either jealousy or the fear of competition has raised to conceal or rather destroy the science , are now quite unavailable to ...
... whole nation , if not to the whole world . Even the few scattered fragments which have escaped the hand which either jealousy or the fear of competition has raised to conceal or rather destroy the science , are now quite unavailable to ...
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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.