Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... temples , the ceremonies observed in laying the first and the last stone of an edifice , the several sorts of temples , the courts by which they are surrounded , the pyramidal gateways , the mantapas or porticoes , the altars to be ...
... temples , the ceremonies observed in laying the first and the last stone of an edifice , the several sorts of temples , the courts by which they are surrounded , the pyramidal gateways , the mantapas or porticoes , the altars to be ...
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... temples , and doorways of houses , pil- lars , capitals , and other ornaments ; the seats raised on the pavements of temples , and niches for the reception of images ; aqueducts or water- courses ; the several sorts of vimánás or ...
... temples , and doorways of houses , pil- lars , capitals , and other ornaments ; the seats raised on the pavements of temples , and niches for the reception of images ; aqueducts or water- courses ; the several sorts of vimánás or ...
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... temples dedicated to Vishnu , with rules for carving the images of that deity and his attendants , on whose attributes the author occasionally dwells with that devotion and zeal which characterize all his followers . The work entitled ...
... temples dedicated to Vishnu , with rules for carving the images of that deity and his attendants , on whose attributes the author occasionally dwells with that devotion and zeal which characterize all his followers . The work entitled ...
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... temples , and having likewise prescribed rules for constructing images of the objects of adoration by these sects . This pre- scription marks , though indefinitely , the age of these compositions to have been posterior to the great ...
... temples , and having likewise prescribed rules for constructing images of the objects of adoration by these sects . This pre- scription marks , though indefinitely , the age of these compositions to have been posterior to the great ...
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... temple of Siva , particularly in the South of India . But some learned men to whom I mentioned this circumstance , rather than concur in an opinion which detracts from the antiquity of these works , are inclined to think that the ...
... temple of Siva , particularly in the South of India . But some learned men to whom I mentioned this circumstance , rather than concur in an opinion which detracts from the antiquity of these works , are inclined to think that 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.