Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 12
... performed on various occasions from the commencement , to the completion of a building , as well as rules and aphorisms drawn from its situation , aspect , & c . for predicting the future destiny of the builder . The latter , however ...
... performed on various occasions from the commencement , to the completion of a building , as well as rules and aphorisms drawn from its situation , aspect , & c . for predicting the future destiny of the builder . The latter , however ...
Page 17
... performed , the prescribed oblations made , and consecrated water to be sprinkled on all sides , accompanied with invocations for the prosperity of the builder . The soil is then ploughed , certain ceremonies prescribed for this ...
... performed , the prescribed oblations made , and consecrated water to be sprinkled on all sides , accompanied with invocations for the prosperity of the builder . The soil is then ploughed , certain ceremonies prescribed for this ...
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... performing certain religious rites to pro- pitiate the presiding deities of the soil . The first section of the Cásyapa combines both these topics , and the fifth of the Máyámata corresponds with the sixth of the Mánasára ; but the ...
... performing certain religious rites to pro- pitiate the presiding deities of the soil . The first section of the Cásyapa combines both these topics , and the fifth of the Máyámata corresponds with the sixth of the Mánasára ; but the ...
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... performed holy sacrifices , or by householders in general : in the former case , it is called puram , and in the latter mangalam . The village containing a hundred and eight houses is commonly called Cos- t'ham . " " The village called ...
... performed holy sacrifices , or by householders in general : in the former case , it is called puram , and in the latter mangalam . The village containing a hundred and eight houses is commonly called Cos- t'ham . " " The village called ...
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... innermost court around which people perform their circumambulations ; I say the innermost court , because there are other courts around the whole temple . " Let a water - spout be made over the 50 ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS .
... innermost court around which people perform their circumambulations ; I say the innermost court , because there are other courts around the whole temple . " Let a water - spout be made over the 50 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.