Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 23
... composed of the same mouldings ; but the most remarkable feature in which they differ is the square dye , which is peculiar to the former . The pedestal is not only placed under the base of a column or pilaster , but frequently employed ...
... composed of the same mouldings ; but the most remarkable feature in which they differ is the square dye , which is peculiar to the former . The pedestal is not only placed under the base of a column or pilaster , but frequently employed ...
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Oriental Translation Fund. partly concave ; and its section is composed of two opposite curves , meeting at the bisecting point of a line drawn between the points of recess and projection , and very much resembling the cima recta and ...
Oriental Translation Fund. partly concave ; and its section is composed of two opposite curves , meeting at the bisecting point of a line drawn between the points of recess and projection , and very much resembling the cima recta and ...
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... composed of a plinth , a cimarecta , and torus , with their fillets , and is one diameter high . The same pillar , including the base , may be taken as an example also of the seventh sort , which ought to be twelve diameters in height ...
... composed of a plinth , a cimarecta , and torus , with their fillets , and is one diameter high . The same pillar , including the base , may be taken as an example also of the seventh sort , which ought to be twelve diameters in height ...
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... composed of the representation of the head of the goddess Isis . The entablature of the Indian order admits of little variety , as well in its composition , as in its relative proportions , whereas the same member in the Grecian and ...
... composed of the representation of the head of the goddess Isis . The entablature of the Indian order admits of little variety , as well in its composition , as in its relative proportions , whereas the same member in the Grecian and ...
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... , oblong , circular , oval , or the like ; or it may be of a mixed nature , composed partly of one and partly of another form . ' " " A quadrangular temple is called nágara , an octangular drávid ha 48 ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS .
... , oblong , circular , oval , or the like ; or it may be of a mixed nature , composed partly of one and partly of another form . ' " " A quadrangular temple is called nágara , an octangular drávid ha 48 ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS .
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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.