Arakuta, 膧谤补办奴峁璦, Ara-kuta: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Shodhganga: The significance of the m奴la-beras (艣颈濒辫补)膧谤补办奴峁璦 (啶嗋ぐ啶曕啶�) or Paittala refers to 鈥渂rass鈥�, representing materials used for the making of images (Hindu icons), as defined in the texts dealing with 艣颈濒辫补 (arts and crafs), known as 艣颈濒辫补艣膩stras.鈥擳he materials listed in the 膧gamas for the making of images are wood, stone, precious gems, metals, terracotta, laterite, earth, and a combination of two or three or more of the materials specified above. Icons are made from the mixture of 辫补帽肠补-濒辞丑补 (five metals), namely, copper, gold, silver, brass (腻谤补办奴峁璦) and white lead. Bronze (办腻峁僺测补) and Brass (腻谤补办奴峁璦 or paittala) are used for portable icons.
: Shodhganga: Vaisnava Agamas And Visnu Images膧谤补办奴峁璦 (啶嗋ぐ啶曕啶�) refers to 鈥渋cons made of bell-metal鈥�, as defined in treatises such as the P膩帽car膩tra, P膩dmasa峁僪it膩 and Vaikh膩nasa-膩gamas, extensively dealing with the technical features of temple art, iconography and architecture in Vaishnavism.鈥擳he 膧gamas prescribe the metals and the results. The icon made of different metals brings different results. The icon of brass (腻谤补办奴峁璦) is meant for the rites of using syllables (辫谤辞肠肠腻谤补峁嘺). [...] According to Atri the icon made of iron, tin, brass, lead and bell metal results in 腻产丑颈肠腻谤颈办补.
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣颈濒辫补艣膩stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation膧谤补办奴峁璦 (啶嗋ぐ啶曕啶�) or 膧谤补办奴峁璦maya refers to 鈥渂rass鈥�, representing the material of the li峁単as of the A艣vinidevas, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.1.12, where the Devas and Vi峁ａ箛u requested Vi艣vakarman for li峁単as for the achievement of the desires of all people:鈥斺�淸...] at our bidding Vi艣vakarm膩 made li峁単as and gave them to the devas according to their status. [...] The Vi艣vedevas and the Vasus took silver li峁単as. O sage, the A艣vini devas took the brazen (膧谤补办奴峁璦-li峁単a) and earthen li峁単as. [...] Thus different kinds of li峁単as were given to them by Vi艣vakarm膩 which the devas and the celestial sages worship regularly. After giving the devas the various li峁単as from a desire for their benefit, Vi峁ａ箛u explained the mode of worship of 艢iva to me, Brahm膩鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa膧谤补办奴峁璦 (啶嗋ぐ啶曕啶�) refers to a kind of brass (pittala), and is mentioned in the Nai峁dha-carita 9.28.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary腻谤补办奴峁璦 : (m.) brass.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary膧谤补办奴峁璦 (啶嗋ぐ啶曕啶�).鈥攂rass; 啶夃い啷嵿い啶啶むじ啷嵿か啷佮ぐ啶︵ぞ啶班啷傕啶曕お啶苦げ啶溹啶啶むた啶班啶溹啶掂げ啶︵啶︵啶啶むた啶た啶� (uttaptasphurad腻谤补办奴峁璦kapilajyotirjvaladd墨ptibhi岣�) Uttarar膩macarita 5.14. 啶曕た啶ぞ啶班啷傕啶距き啶班ぃ啷囙え 啶多啶班た啶 (kim腻谤补k奴峁乥hara峁噀na 艣riya岣�) N.
Derivable forms: 腻谤补办奴峁璦岣� (啶嗋ぐ啶曕啶熰), 腻谤补办奴峁璦m (啶嗋ぐ啶曕啶熰ぎ啷�).
膧谤补办奴峁璦 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 腻谤补 and 办奴峁璦 (啶曕啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧谤补办奴峁璦 (啶嗋ぐ啶曕啶�).鈥攎n.
(-峁璦岣�-峁璦峁�) Brass. E. 腻谤补 what goes, and 办奴峁璦 a heap; composed of various materials.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧谤补办奴峁璦 (啶嗋ぐ啶曕啶�):鈥擺=腻谤补-办奴峁璦] [from 腻谤补] m. n. a kind of brass.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧谤补办奴峁璦 (啶嗋ぐ啶曕啶�):鈥擺腻谤补-办奴峁璦] (峁璦岣�-峁璦峁�) 1. m. n. Brass.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: A, Ara, Kitta.
Starts with: Arakutalinga, Arakutaloha, Arakutam, Arakutamaya, Arakutamayalinga.
Full-text: Arakutam, Arakutamaya, Arakutaloha, Arakutalinga, Paittala, Vattaloha, Loha, Kamsya.
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