Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... considered as almost lost for want of encourage- ment to study it . " To RICHARD CLARKE , Esq . “ Madras , 13th January 1828 . " In the last letter which I did myself the honour of addressing to you , I expressed a hope that I should be ...
... considered as almost lost for want of encourage- ment to study it . " To RICHARD CLARKE , Esq . “ Madras , 13th January 1828 . " In the last letter which I did myself the honour of addressing to you , I expressed a hope that I should be ...
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... considered as one of the progenitors of mankind , and ranked the first amongst the seven holy men who were preserved from the universal deluge , * Máya is also stated in the Mahábhárata to have erected a splendid palace for the ...
... considered as one of the progenitors of mankind , and ranked the first amongst the seven holy men who were preserved from the universal deluge , * Máya is also stated in the Mahábhárata to have erected a splendid palace for the ...
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... considered proper for buildings , and pro- ceeds to the preparatory rites and sacrifices to be performed in honour of the Vástupurusha , or the spirit presiding over the ground appropriate for the erecting of temples and houses ; thence ...
... considered proper for buildings , and pro- ceeds to the preparatory rites and sacrifices to be performed in honour of the Vástupurusha , or the spirit presiding over the ground appropriate for the erecting of temples and houses ; thence ...
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... considered as indispensably necessary to the building of an edifice . Their intermarriage , also , with the families of some noted persons of the Hindú mythology , is adverted to as a further proof of the divine origin of the artists ...
... considered as indispensably necessary to the building of an edifice . Their intermarriage , also , with the families of some noted persons of the Hindú mythology , is adverted to as a further proof of the divine origin of the artists ...
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... considered . " The word sthapati is from stha , that which is fixed or formed , and pati lord or master , and consequently , like the Greek ApxTEXT , signifies a person who presides over the erecting of an edifice , the formation of a ...
... considered . " The word sthapati is from stha , that which is fixed or formed , and pati lord or master , and consequently , like the Greek ApxTEXT , signifies a person who presides over the erecting of an edifice , the formation of a ...
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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.