Rudrakanta, Rudra-kanta, 搁耻诲谤补办腻苍迟补, Rudrakamta: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Wisdom Library: V膩stu-艣膩stra1) 搁耻诲谤补办腻苍迟补 (啶班啶︵啶班啶距え啷嵿い):鈥擳he Sanskrit name for a classification of a 鈥榯emple鈥�, according to the 莫艣腻苍补艣颈惫补驳耻谤耻诲别惫补辫补诲诲丑补迟颈 which features a list of 52 temple types. This list represents the classification of temples in South-India.
2) 搁耻诲谤补办腻苍迟补 (啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶�) refers to a type of pillar (stambha). Its description is found in texts such as Mayamata (verse 15.15), M膩nas膩ra (verse 15.10), K膩艣yapa艣ilpa (verse 8.15), 艢ilparatna (verses 21.60-61), 莫艣膩na艣ivagurudevapaddati (verse 31.23) and K膩mik膩gama (verse 53.20-21).
: Shodhganga: Temples of Salem region Up to 1336 AD搁奴诲谤补办腻苍迟补 (啶班啶︵啶班啶距え啷嵿い).鈥擜 type of 产丑颈迟迟颈辫腻诲补, or 鈥減ilaster鈥�;鈥擳he r奴drak膩nta-产丑颈迟迟颈辫腻诲补 contains a square base and a cylindrical shaft. Vase, kumbha and 尘补峁囜笉颈 are also cylindrical in form. These 产丑颈迟迟颈辫腻诲补s are not in their full shape, but they contain all the important mouldings and decorations of a full fledged 产丑颈迟迟颈辫腻诲补 of the 蝉补耻尘测补办腻苍迟补 and 惫颈峁ａ箛耻办腻苍迟补 types like a cubical base, a cylindrical shafl, vase, kumbha, 尘补峁囜笉颈 and phalaka with appropriate decorative designs. But the entire shaft from the phalaka to the bottom is shown as though it is vertically spilt.
: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajit膩gama and Raurav膩gama搁耻诲谤补办腻苍迟补 (啶班啶︵啶班啶距え啷嵿い) refers to 鈥渘. of a type of pillar 搂 3.22.鈥�.鈥�(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajit膩gama et du Raurav膩gama by Bruno Dagens)
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index搁耻诲谤补办腻苍迟补 (啶班啶︵啶班啶距え啷嵿い).鈥擜 lake in the Kuru country, established by Bhava.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 18. 72; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 47. 68-9.
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)
Source: Wisdom Library: 艢ilpa-艣膩stra搁耻诲谤补办腻苍迟补 (啶班啶︵啶班啶距え啷嵿い, 鈥渃ylindrical鈥�) refers to a classification of 产丑颈迟迟颈辫腻诲补s, which refers to the walls of a temple.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusRudrak膩峁僼a (嗖班硜嗖︵硩嗖班矔嗖距矀嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] (archit.) a sixteen sided pillar.
2) [noun] (archit.) a class of four-storeyed buidings.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Mayamata and Building Construction (study) (by Ripan Ghosh)
Part 7.2 - Stambha-bheda (various kinds of columns) < [Chapter 4 - Pre-arrangement of Building Construction]
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
Chapter 3 - Origin and Development of Human Houses < [Volume 3 - House Architecture]
Chapter 8 - The Pillar and other Members < [Volume 3 - House Architecture]
(vii.c) 艢ilparatna (Temple-architecture鈥擟hapters 14-43) < [Chapter 5 - Study of Hindu Science of Architecture]
Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Chapter 22 - The four-storeyed buildings (catustala or caturbh奴mi)
Part 6 - Relation with other works < [Preface]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 18 - Description of the Jamb奴dv墨pa < [Section 2 - Anu峁峁単a-p膩da]
Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)