Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 33
... shaft , about one and a half diameters below the capital , being divided into twenty - four parts , three are given to the collarino with its fillet , three to the ovolo , three to the lower collarino , five to the lower torus with its ...
... shaft , about one and a half diameters below the capital , being divided into twenty - four parts , three are given to the collarino with its fillet , three to the ovolo , three to the lower collarino , five to the lower torus with its ...
Page 35
... shaft , a space equal in height to the hypothenuse of the lower diameter is made quadrangular , around which are sculptured images of the deities , and the like , in bas - relief . In about half a diameter above this , is made the ...
... shaft , a space equal in height to the hypothenuse of the lower diameter is made quadrangular , around which are sculptured images of the deities , and the like , in bas - relief . In about half a diameter above this , is made the ...
Page 37
... shaft is divided into ten compartments , each being equal in height to the hypothenuse of the diameter of the pillar ; and on all the four sides of these compartments are sculptured , in relief , four small pillars or pilasters ...
... shaft is divided into ten compartments , each being equal in height to the hypothenuse of the diameter of the pillar ; and on all the four sides of these compartments are sculptured , in relief , four small pillars or pilasters ...
Page 38
... shaft , a practice which has never been observed in the Egyptian ; on the contrary , a diametrically op- posite rule has been observed in their shafts , which are made narrower at the bottom than at the top , and placed upon a square or ...
... shaft , a practice which has never been observed in the Egyptian ; on the contrary , a diametrically op- posite rule has been observed in their shafts , which are made narrower at the bottom than at the top , and placed upon a square or ...
Page 39
... shafts are often fluted like the Corinthian , but the fluting of the Indian columns resembles neither the one nor ... shaft , and in the interval between them , reeds and hieroglyphics are represented . But there is nothing like these ...
... shafts are often fluted like the Corinthian , but the fluting of the Indian columns resembles neither the one nor ... shaft , and in the interval between them , reeds and hieroglyphics are represented . But there is nothing like these ...
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a-quarter angulas Arabic architecture architrave artists Brahmans breadth building called campa cant'ha capital capóta Cásyapa cavetto chapter chunam cima recta cimbia collarino column contains cornice cupola dandás Day & Haghe deities Demy Octavo Demy Quarto diameters high edifice entablature equal in height erected fillet five given gnomon gnomon projects gópura Gopura consisting Grecian half hastha Hindú architects History Honourable India Indian architecture intercolumniations latter Lithographed lotus lower Madras Mánasára mantapa middle moulding Octavo ornaments ovolo padma Paul of Aleppo pedestals and bases Persian pillar pinnacle Plate plinth points porticoes prastara projection proportions pyramidal Quarto resembles respect Royal Asiatic Society rules sculpture seven shaft sides Siva Society by Day sorts Sri Rangam STANISLAS JULIEN sthapati stone streets temples thickness three and a-half three-quarters torus translated by Professor treatises twelve stories upper base village VIMÁNA CONSISTING Vishnu whole William Ouseley ם ם ם
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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.