Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús |
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a-quarter according Agastya angulas architecture architrave artists Brahmans breadth building called campa cant'ha capital Cásyapa cavetto chapter chunam cima recta cimbia collarino contained cornice cupola dandás Day & Haghe deities diameters high door-frame edifice entablature equal in height erected fillet garb'hagriha gateways ghaticas given gnomon gnomon projects gópura Gopura consisting Grecian ground Haghe Lith hastha Hindú architects HINDUS India Indian architecture intercolumniations King Gate latter Lincoln's Inn Litha Lithographers lotus lower Mánasára mantapa Máyámata middle moulding ornaments ovolo padma Pandya pedestals and bases pinnacle placed Plate plinth points porticoes prastara proportions pyramidal quadrangular resembles respect rites Royal Asiatic Society rules sculpture seven shadow shaft sic'hara sides Silpa Sástra Siva Society by Day sorts of pillars South of India sthapati stone streets temples thickness third three and a-half three-quarters torus treatises treats twelve stories upper base village VIMÁNA CONSISTING Vishnu walls