Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... Vishnu , in whatever form that deity may be worshipped , should be erected within the village facing towards the east , except in the incarnation of Narasinha ( the Man - lion ) , whose temple should be built without the wall with its ...
... Vishnu , in whatever form that deity may be worshipped , should be erected within the village facing towards the east , except in the incarnation of Narasinha ( the Man - lion ) , whose temple should be built without the wall with its ...
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... Vishnu too , if the idol is to be consecrated according to the system of Vayghánasa * it may be admitted within , but if according to the doctrines of Páncharátrat it should be placed without the village . The shrines of Durga ...
... Vishnu too , if the idol is to be consecrated according to the system of Vayghánasa * it may be admitted within , but if according to the doctrines of Páncharátrat it should be placed without the village . The shrines of Durga ...
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... Vishnu . The plan of the cell or sanctuary , where the idol of Ranganát'ha is seen in a recumbent posture , is oval , but that of the front portico square , and the outside of the vault is adorned with a sort of tracery - work . The ...
... Vishnu . The plan of the cell or sanctuary , where the idol of Ranganát'ha is seen in a recumbent posture , is oval , but that of the front portico square , and the outside of the vault is adorned with a sort of tracery - work . The ...
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... be placed directly under the outer pillar of the same ornament , in the story immediately above . " * Vishnu under different forms . A VIMÁNA CONSISTING OF FIVE STORIES . ( See Plate ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 55.
... be placed directly under the outer pillar of the same ornament , in the story immediately above . " * Vishnu under different forms . A VIMÁNA CONSISTING OF FIVE STORIES . ( See Plate ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 55.
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... Vishnu Purana ; translated by Professor Wilson . This is one of the Puránas of the Vaishnava order . It is very full on the subject of the principal votaries of Vishnu ; and contains a copious genealogy of Hindu kings , and the life of ...
... Vishnu Purana ; translated by Professor Wilson . This is one of the Puránas of the Vaishnava order . It is very full on the subject of the principal votaries of Vishnu ; and contains a copious genealogy of Hindu kings , and the life of ...
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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.