Pindikalakshana, 笔颈峁囜笉颈办腻濒补办峁峁嘺, Pindika-lakshana: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 笔颈峁囜笉颈办腻濒补办峁峁嘺 can be transliterated into English as Pindikalaksana or Pindikalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
: Google Books: Consecration Rituals In South Asia笔颈峁囜笉颈办腻濒补办峁峁嘺 (啶た啶｀啶∴た啶曕ぞ啶侧啷嵿し啶�) refers to one of the chapters of the 顿别惫测腻尘补迟补: an Early 艢aiva Prati峁ａ弓h膩tantra dating back to the 5th century CE dealing with topics related to temple construction, consecration rituals, and iconography.鈥擳he 顿别惫测腻尘补迟补 is written in the form of a dialogue between 艢iva and the Goddess. It begins with the 辫谤补艣苍补辫补峁璦濒补, 鈥榯he chapter on questions鈥�, in which Dev墨 tells 艢iva what topics she would like to learn about. The answers are provided in the following chapters [e.g., 辫颈峁囜笉颈办腻濒补办峁峁嘺], of which each is dedicated to one specific subject.
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)笔颈峁囜笉颈办腻濒补办峁峁嘺 (啶た啶｀啶∴た啶曕ぞ啶侧啷嵿し啶�) (lit., 鈥渃oncerning pedestals鈥�) is the name of chapters 19 and 32 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 19 [辫颈峁囜笉颈办腻濒补办峁峁嘺]: This chapter deals with how to execute the pedestal-base (?) for an icon. It is to be one-half the height of the icon.鈥擺Description of the chapter 32]: The base on which an image is placed must be made with all care, whether it be solid or hollow, and must be of a certain proportion to the image. It should be carefully measured (1-12).
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.
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
Source: Wisdom Library: Pancaratra (Samhita list)笔颈峁囜笉颈办腻濒补办峁峁嘺 (啶た啶｀啶∴た啶曕ぞ啶侧啷嵿し啶�) is the name of chapters 12-13 of the Saura-K膩峁囜笉a of the Haya艣墨r峁pa帽car膩tra: an ancient P膩帽car膩tra consisting of four sections (办腻峁囜笉补蝉), deriving its name from the fact that according to its frame-story (腻诲颈办腻峁囜笉补) it was revealed by God in the form of Haya艣iras, the Horse-Headed One. The Agnipur膩峁嘺 chapters 62-69 have parallels with the Sa峁僰ar峁峁嘺k膩峁囜笉a of the Haya艣墨r峁-pa帽car膩tra.
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Lakshana, Pindika.
Full-text: Pindika.
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