Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.62

Language: English

c4.62

To begin, then, with the circular mouldings: the section of that which is called *cumuda* (10), literally *nymphæa esculenta*, is a semicircle projecting from a vertical diameter, and corresponds with the astragal, bead, or torus of the Grecian orders. It is chiefly employed in bases and cornices.

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