Lexicographical Neighbors of Toranas
Literary usage of Toranas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and edited by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Richly sculptured stone rails surround the topes, evidently imitated from wooden
railings, with one or more monumental gateways, or toranas, consisting each ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"... one or more monumental gateways, or toranas, consisting each of two uprights
crossed by two or three transverse bars, all covered with minute sculpture. ..."
3. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"Just, Lord, as a king might have a border city, strong in its foundations, strong
in its ramparts and toranas, and with one gate alone; and the king might ..."
4. A Short History of Indian Literature by Ernest Philip Horrwitz (1907)
"The toranas or archways leading into the caves were frequently embellished with
fine sculpture. Sacred history provided the artist with ample material. ..."
5. The Dance of Śiva: Fourteen Indian Essays by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (1918)
"... executed in low relief—we know from a contemporary inscription that amongst
the craftsmen who contributed to the decoration of the Sanchi toranas were ..."
6. A History of Civilisation in Ancient India by Romesh Chunder Dutt (1893)
"Dr. Fergusson thus describes them :— "All these four gateways, or toranas, as
they are properly called, were covered with the most elaborate sculptures both ..."
7. A History of Civilisation in Ancient India by Romesh Chunder Dutt (1893)
"Dr. Fergusson thus describes them :— "All these four gateways, or toranas, as
they are properly called, were covered with the most elaborate sculptures both ..."
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