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" 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... "
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by Oriental Translation Fund - 1834
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Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús

Ram Raz, Rām Rāz - 1834 - 204 pages
...so far as to forbid the lower class from occupying the ground suited to the higher, and vice versd, on pain of incurring the severest vengeance of heaven...bones, slimy earth, decayed woods, coals, dilapidated \vells, subterraneous pits, fragments of tiles, lime-stones, ashes, husks of corn ; and exposed to...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 6

1835 - 298 pages
...ground, that which is to be avoided, is noticed as follows. " That which has the form of a circle, or a semicircle, containing three, five, or six angles,...the back of an elephant, or a turtle, or the face of the cow, and the like, situated opposite to any of the intermediate quarters, north-west and the like;...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 6-7

1835 - 542 pages
...shaped like the hinder part of a fish, or the back of an elephant, or a turtle, or the face of the cow, and the like, situated opposite to any of the...abounding with human sculls, stones, worms, ant-hills, bones, slimy earth, decayed woods, coals, dilapidated wells, subterraneous pits, fragments of tiles,...
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The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal, Volume 13

William Laxton - 1850 - 454 pages
...raisuil above his head; and situated in a climate of moderate temperature." The ground to be avoided is, "That which has the form of a circle; a semicircle;...elephant; or a turtle, or the face of a cow, and the like. Abounding with human skulls, stones, worms, anthills, bones, slimy earth, decayed woods, dilapidated...
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Town Planning in Ancient India

Binode Behari Dutt - 1925 - 428 pages
...circle, a semi-circle, or containing 3, 5, or 7 angles, resembling a trident or a window ; which is shaped' like the hinder part of a fish, or the back...the intermediate quarters, north-west and the like (bidikstha) ; abounding with human skulls, stones, worms, ant-hills, bones, slimy earth, decayed woods,...
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