Kîrtikaumudî: a life of Vastupâla, a minister of Lavanaprasâda & Vîradhavala VaghelâsGovernment Central Book Departmentôt, 1883 - 133 pages |
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Page xii - the delineation of it defies the pen, and would tax to the utmost the pencil of the most patient artist;' and he is secure in asserting that no ornament of the most florid style of Gothic architecture can be compared with it in richness. ' It appears like a cluster of the half-disclosed lotus, whose cups are so thin, so transparent, and so accurately wrought, that it fixes the eye in admiration.
Page xii - ... more than the most general description of these celebrated shrines is unnecessary in this place.1 They are not remarkable for size or for their external appearance, but internally they are finished with all that elaborate elegance which is usually supposed to belong only to the art of the goldsmith. The principal feature in each is the usual octagonal dome, forming a vestibule to the adytum, wherein the objects of worship are enshrined, and around which is a columned peristyle, roofed with numerous...
Page xii - ... in asserting that no ornament of the most florid style of Gothic architecture can be compared with it in richness. ' It appears like a cluster of the half-disclosed lotus, whose cups are so thin, so transparent, and so accurately wrought, that it fixes the eye in admiration.' The sculpture of these temples does not, however, confine itself to the representation of inanimate natural objects, it exercises itself also upon the scenes of domestic life, the labours of navigation and commerce, and...
Page 14 - After the goddess had spoken thus, she threw her garland on this chair and vanished together with my dream. Now tell me what this means" 1 Indian Antiquary Vol. VI., Part Ixix. This overlooks the word
Page 33 - ... through the territories of numerous princes bearing all varieties of relations to one another, and when bands of marauders were more numerous than peaceful travellers; whenever a great man undertook a pilgrimage, all the intending pilgrims in the neighbourhood and poor people unable to bear the expenses of the journey, flocked together under the wings of this great man, who then considered himself responsible for protecting them against all the dangers of the way and even for supplying their...
Page 33 - When there were no made roads, when pilgrims had to pass through the territories of neighbouring princes, bearing all varieties of relations one to another, and when bands of marauders were more numerous than peaceful travellers, w.henever a great man undertook a pilgrimage, all the intending pilgrims in the neighbourhood and poor people unable to bear the expense of the journey flocked together under the wings of this great man, who then considered himself responsible for protecting them against...