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Saiddha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Shodhganga: Vaisnava Agamas And Visnu ImagesSaiddha (啶膏啶︵啶�) refers to 鈥渋cons in places installed by Siddhas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.鈥擜s far as the J墨r峁噊ddh膩ra峁嘺 (renovation) metal icons are concerned, the Vai峁ａ箛ava 膧gamas lay special rules because the authors of the 膧gamas obviously knew the value and re-usable condition of metals. [...] Some special rules are prescribed in the Vai峁ａ箛ava 膧gamas regarding the 箩墨谤峁噊诲诲丑腻谤补峁嘺 of the metal icons installed in the places generally known as 蝉惫补测补峁僾测补办迟补 (self-emanated), divya (installed by divinities), saiddha (installed by Siddhas) and 腻谤蝉补 (installed by 峁氠梗is). In the renovation process, the permission to correct the characteristics (濒补办峁峁嘺) of the icon is not admissible in these aforesaid places. The measurements and characteristics less or more, the same material is to be retained as it were. [...]
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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Starts with: Saiddhamti, Saiddhanthik, Saiddhanthik-charchaa, Saiddhanthik-samalochna, Saiddhanthik-swar, Saiddhanthik-vivaad, Saiddhantik, Saiddhantika, Saiddhantika-carca, Saiddhantika-samalocana, Saiddhantika-svara, Saiddhantika-vivada.
Full-text: Divya, Svayamvyakta, Arshas.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 130 < [Volume 6 (1909)]
Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (Study) (by Artatrana Sarangi)
Some representative Festivals < [Chapter 3 - General Ritual mentioned in Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika]