Indrapratima, 滨苍诲谤补辫谤补迟颈尘腻, Indra-pratima: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexIndrapratima (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶啶班い啶苦ぎ).鈥擜 V膩si峁ha and a Brahmav膩din;1 a name of Ku艣i, son of Vasi峁ａ弓ha.2
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.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)滨苍诲谤补辫谤补迟颈尘腻 (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶啶班い啶苦ぎ啶�) refers to the iconographic details of Indra鈥攐ne of the 鈥渄irectional deities鈥� (濒辞办别艣补), whose iconographic details are discussed in chapter 28 of the 膧dik膩峁囜笉a of the 贬补测补艣墨谤峁蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a large P膩帽car膩tra 膧gama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.鈥擠escription of the chapter [濒辞办别艣补-pratim膩-lak峁峁嘺]: The iconography for the following eight directional deities are given [e.g., 滨苍诲谤补辫谤补迟颈尘腻 (1-2)] [...].
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa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.
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Partial matches: Pratima, Indra.
Full-text: Kapinjali.
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