 | Josiah Conder - 1828 - 400 pages
...very perfect, and have a good effect in the perspective of the interior, which is all ex-. tremely clean and in good repair, and would be, in fact, a...said, it was the god's palanquin, and was carried out on solemn occasions. I saw nothing !in it now, and there was no image which could be put into it,... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1829 - 630 pages
...God was the same whom they worshipped in the little temple before the steps, and if he were Maha Deo, they answered in the affirmative, so that their Deism...guides said it was the god's palanquin, and was carried out on solemn occasions. I saw nothing in it now, and there was no image which could be put into it,... | |
 | Hindus - 1834 - 444 pages
...our guides again told us were viragees. The timber ribs which decorate the roof, whatever their us' may have been, are very perfect and have a good effect...be, in fact, a very noble temple for any religion ls." But among the cavern-temples of India the most remarkable, perhaps, both for the style of execution... | |
 | 1834 - 444 pages
...our guides again told us were viragees. The timber ribs which decorate the roof, whatever their us' may have been, are very perfect and have a good effect...and would be, in fact, a very noble temple for any religion13." But among the cavern-temples of India the most remarkable, perhaps, both for the style... | |
 | 1834 - 472 pages
...The timber ribs which decorate the roof, whatever their us' may have been, are •very perfect ;md have a good effect in the perspective of the interior,...be, in fact, a very noble temple for any religion 18." But among the cavern-temples of India the most remarkable, perhaps, both for the style of execution""^... | |
 | 1850 - 386 pages
...and one female figure, which our guides again told us were viragees. The timber ribs which decorated the roof, whatever their use may have been, are very...be, in fact, a very noble temple for any religion. But among the cavern temples of India the most remarkable, perhaps, both for style of execution and... | |
 | John Frost - 1852 - 562 pages
...carved, and surmounted by two elephants with their trunks intertwined, and each carrying two male anil one female figure, which our guides again told us...be, in fact, a very noble temple for any religion." But it is in the ruins of Ellora that we must see for the consummation of Indian art in the construction... | |
 | John Frost - 1852 - 560 pages
...intertwined, and each carrying two male and one female figure, which our guides again told us were viragoes. The timber ribs which decorate the roof, whatever...be, in fact, a very noble temple for any religion." But it is in the ruins of Ellora that we must see for the consummation of Indian art in the construction... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1852 - 436 pages
...intertwined, and each carrying two male and one female figure, which our guides again told us were viragoes. The timber ribs which decorate the roof, whatever...be, in fact, a very noble temple for any religion." 1 But it is in the ruins of Ellora that we must seek for the consummation of Indian art in the construction... | |
 | John Small - 1876 - 646 pages
...elephants with their trunks entwined, and each carries two male and one female figure. The interior is extremely clean and in good repair, and would be, in fact, a very noble temple for any religion. A third kind of rock - cut temples are the Brahmanical caves, which have no cells, and have their walls... | |
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... at the East end) are very singular and beautiful. Each consists of a large cap, like a bell, finely carved, and surmounted by two elephants with their trunks entwined, and each carrying two male and one female figure, which our guides again told us... 
