Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Oriental Translation Fund. OF BASES . The height of a base is equal to either a half , three - quarters , or a whole diameter of the shaft . When placed under pillars of an inferior sort , in porticoes and the like , and without a ...
Oriental Translation Fund. OF BASES . The height of a base is equal to either a half , three - quarters , or a whole diameter of the shaft . When placed under pillars of an inferior sort , in porticoes and the like , and without a ...
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... equal to its height . The form of the capital is called pushpabandha . " The height of the capital , " says Mánasára , " may be either equal to the breadth of the shaft , or one - half or three - quarters of it , according as it may ...
... equal to its height . The form of the capital is called pushpabandha . " The height of the capital , " says Mánasára , " may be either equal to the breadth of the shaft , or one - half or three - quarters of it , according as it may ...
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... equal in height to three - fourths of the base , and is of the kind called védibadhra ( Plate I. ) The column is also placed , as may be seen in another design ( Plate IV . ) , only on a pedestal which is equal to half the height of the ...
... equal in height to three - fourths of the base , and is of the kind called védibadhra ( Plate I. ) The column is also placed , as may be seen in another design ( Plate IV . ) , only on a pedestal which is equal to half the height of the ...
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... equal to that of the capital , that of the prastara is twice as much , and that of the cornice equal to its own height . After making a similar division of the entablature , our author lays down the following rule respecting the ...
... equal to that of the capital , that of the prastara is twice as much , and that of the cornice equal to its own height . After making a similar division of the entablature , our author lays down the following rule respecting the ...
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... height of the whole base ; the torus and the platband project equal to their respective heights . The upper ornaments of this column occupy two diameters , and the capital takes three - quarters of the diameter , which is to be divided ...
... height of the whole base ; the torus and the platband project equal to their respective heights . The upper ornaments of this column occupy two diameters , and the capital takes three - quarters of the diameter , which is to be divided ...
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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.