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" An architect (sthapati) should be conversant in all sciences; ever attentive to his avocations; of an unblemished character; generous, sincere, and devoid of enmity or jealousy. "
Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús - Page 14
by Ram Raz, Rām Rāz - 1834 - 64 pages
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Publications, Issue 35

Oriental Translation Fund - 1834 - 210 pages
...short notice of their requisite qualifications, of which the following passages from the Mamishyálaya Chandrica* will convey some idea. " An architect (sthapati)...nearly equal qualification with him should be the sútragrahi; he may be either the son or disciple of the sthapati; he should be particularly skilled...
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Loudon's Architectural Magazine: And Journal of Improvement in ..., Volume 1

John Claudius Loudon - 1834 - 408 pages
...who, as Vitruvius recommends, is required to be " conversant in all sciences ;" and, farther, to be " ever attentive to his avocations ; of an unblemished...generous, sincere, and devoid of enmity or jealousy." (p. 14.) Nearly similar qualifications are required for the surveyor or measurer (sutragraln), and...
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The Architectural Magazine, Volume 1

John Claudius Loudon - 1834 - 416 pages
...who, as Vitruvius recommends, is required to be " conversant in all sciences;" and, farther, to be " ever attentive to his avocations; of an unblemished...generous, sincere, and devoid of enmity or jealousy." (p. 14.) Nearly similar qualifications are required for the surveyor or measurer (sutragrabf), and...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 6

1835 - 298 pages
...qualifications of the different artisans employed in building. • S«€ Saturday Magatine, Vol. V., p. 147. " An architect (sthapati) should be conversant in all...character ; generous, sincere, and devoid of enmity and jealousy. " Of nearly equal qualifications with him, should be the (siitragrahi) ; he may be either...
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 3

1836 - 496 pages
...observations occur on the requisite qualifications of the different artisans employed in building. "An architect (sthapati) should be conversant in all...character ; generous, sincere, and devoid of enmity aud jealousy. " Of nearly equal qualifications with him, should be the (sutragrahï) ; he may be either...
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The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 3

1843 - 488 pages
...observations occur on the requisite qualifications of the different artisans employed in building. "An architect (sthapati) should be conversant in all...character ; generous, sincere, and devoid of enmity and jealousy. " Of nearly equal qualifications with him*, should be the (sutragrahi) ; he may be either...
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An Historical Inquiry Into the True Principles of Beauty in Art: More ...

James Fergusson - 1849 - 584 pages
...it is said, " An architect should be conversant in all sciences, ever attentive to his avocation ; of an unblemished character ; generous, sincere, and devoid of enmity or jealousy." * A few words quaintly put together, but containing more of the true theory of architecture and the...
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The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal, Volume 13

William Laxton - 1850 - 452 pages
...Raz, himself a Hindoo. The Sanscrit writings commence with various aphorisms, such as: "An architect should be conversant in all sciences; ever attentive...generous, sincere, and devoid of enmity or jealousy Woe to them who dwell in a house not built according to the proportions of symmetry. In building an...
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Treatise on Architecture: Including the Arts of Construction, Building ...

Arthur Ashpitel - 1867 - 442 pages
...probably the surveyor or clerk of works, and then the various builders. Of the architect it says, " He should be conversant in all sciences ; ever attentive...generous, sincere, and devoid of enmity or jealousy." And further on he says, " Woe to them who dwell in a house not built according to the proportion of...
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Ars Quatuor Coronatorum: Being the Transactions of the Quatuor ..., Volume 6

1893 - 378 pages
...architecture. The Hindu ""shastra" treating on civil architecture, the Manushyalaya Chandrica, states that "an architect (sthapati) should be conversant in all sciences, ever attentive to his vocations, generous, sincere, and devoid of enmity or jealousy." The Sanskrit name " sthapati " is...
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