Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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Page 15
... sorts , and to point out in the order of superiority what is considered auspicious for the residence of each of the four classes , with reference to the five qualities above- * Brahmans , C'shetriyas , Vais'yas , or men of the first ...
... sorts , and to point out in the order of superiority what is considered auspicious for the residence of each of the four classes , with reference to the five qualities above- * Brahmans , C'shetriyas , Vais'yas , or men of the first ...
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... sorts is added , with a declaration that the two first will answer the purposes of all classes of men without exception . " The best sort of ground should abound with milky * trees , full of fruits and flowers ; its boundary should be ...
... sorts is added , with a declaration that the two first will answer the purposes of all classes of men without exception . " The best sort of ground should abound with milky * trees , full of fruits and flowers ; its boundary should be ...
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... sorts are acceptable , but the bad should by all means be avoided . " After the ground has been chosen with due regard to its qualities , the sthapati , in an auspicious moment , must cause the rites of purification to be performed ...
... sorts are acceptable , but the bad should by all means be avoided . " After the ground has been chosen with due regard to its qualities , the sthapati , in an auspicious moment , must cause the rites of purification to be performed ...
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... sorts of pedestals and bases which will be presently exhibited , a brief notice of their respective forms and uses ... sort of compound figure , partly convex and partly concave ; and its section is composed of two ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF ...
... sorts of pedestals and bases which will be presently exhibited , a brief notice of their respective forms and uses ... sort of compound figure , partly convex and partly concave ; and its section is composed of two ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF ...
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... sort of neutral member , from which the pro- jections of the rest of the mouldings are measured . A vájina ( 5 ) is distinguished from the campa , by the former having a greater projection than the latter . A prativájina ( 6 ) is the ...
... sort of neutral member , from which the pro- jections of the rest of the mouldings are measured . A vájina ( 5 ) is distinguished from the campa , by the former having a greater projection than the latter . A prativájina ( 6 ) is the ...
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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.