Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 23
... height , and also as a platform for thrones , and as seats for statues . In the latter situations especially , their decorations will be found to have employed much of the skill of the Hindú artists , and the most finished specimens of ...
... height , and also as a platform for thrones , and as seats for statues . In the latter situations especially , their decorations will be found to have employed much of the skill of the Hindú artists , and the most finished specimens of ...
Page 24
... height , and its projection , though generally equal to its altitude , frequently varies according to the position of the principal members which it is employed to connect or to separate ; and it answers in every respect , to the fillet ...
... height , and its projection , though generally equal to its altitude , frequently varies according to the position of the principal members which it is employed to connect or to separate ; and it answers in every respect , to the fillet ...
Page 25
... height and projection with the latter ; but when employed in archi- traves and friezes , its height and projection increase considerably . An uttara ( 4 ) is used sometimes to signify the whole architrave , and sometimes to denote a ...
... height and projection with the latter ; but when employed in archi- traves and friezes , its height and projection increase considerably . An uttara ( 4 ) is used sometimes to signify the whole architrave , and sometimes to denote a ...
Page 26
... height , if I understand him rightly , to consist of from one - quarter to six times the height of the base , and their projections as far as one - third of their own respective heights . But such a loose manner of prescribing rules for ...
... height , if I understand him rightly , to consist of from one - quarter to six times the height of the base , and their projections as far as one - third of their own respective heights . But such a loose manner of prescribing rules for ...
Page 27
... height of the upapitha into twenty - six parts , and let three be given to the upána , one to the campa , two to the ... height of the upapítha be divided into thirty equal parts , give three to the upána , a half to the campa , three to ...
... height of the upapitha into twenty - six parts , and let three be given to the upána , one to the campa , two to the ... height of the upapítha be divided into thirty equal parts , give three to the upána , a half to the campa , three to ...
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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.