Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 16
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 17
... five , or six angulas long and two thick , and with a beam of three yards in length . This machine is to be yoked to a pair of oxen of equal size and of the same colour , either white , black , red , or gray . The oxen should be strong ...
... five , or six angulas long and two thick , and with a beam of three yards in length . This machine is to be yoked to a pair of oxen of equal size and of the same colour , either white , black , red , or gray . The oxen should be strong ...
Page 18
... five . Let a head be fashioned in the bosom of the mould - board , of fourteen angulas in length , and the remainder of the inverted piece may be said to be taken up by the hole in which the beam and the handle are joined together . Let ...
... five . Let a head be fashioned in the bosom of the mould - board , of fourteen angulas in length , and the remainder of the inverted piece may be said to be taken up by the hole in which the beam and the handle are joined together . Let ...
Page 27
... five be given to the upána , * one to the campa , † twelve to the cantha , one to the campa again , four to the pat'tica , § and one to the campa above . " This refers to the first sort of pedestal of the kind called védhi- bhadra . Fig ...
... five be given to the upána , * one to the campa , † twelve to the cantha , one to the campa again , four to the pat'tica , § and one to the campa above . " This refers to the first sort of pedestal of the kind called védhi- bhadra . Fig ...
Page 29
... five sides , sivacánta ; and that which has six sides , s'chanda- cánta . " The whole shaft may be of the same form , or in pillars of other forms , than square ; the bottom , middle , and top may be quadrangular , and the intermediate ...
... five sides , sivacánta ; and that which has six sides , s'chanda- cánta . " The whole shaft may be of the same form , or in pillars of other forms , than square ; the bottom , middle , and top may be quadrangular , and the intermediate ...
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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.