Gopura, Go-pura: 20 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGopura (गोपुर):—(go + pura)
1) n. a) Stadtthor [Amarakoṣa 2, 2, 16.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 345.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 981.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 551.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 151.] (puram) guptamabhracayaprakhyaiḥ gopurairmandaropamaiḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 7576.] (puram) gopurāṭṭālakopetam [3, 12199.] bhagnagopuratoraṇā (laṅkā) [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 27, 20. 6, 15, 23. 36, 8. 37, 13.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 11, 14. 4, 9, 56.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Mahābhārata 3, 641.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 9, 58.] Thor überh. [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 184.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] gopurastha [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 88, 22.] — b) ein best. Gras, Cyperus rotundus (vgl. gonarda) [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 4, 20.] [Medinīkoṣa] = mustaka [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Arztes [Suśruta 1, 1, 8.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 941.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGopura (गोपुर):——
1) n. — a) Stadtthor. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — b) Thor überh. — c) Cyperus rotundus [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,194.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Arztes. —
3) *f. ā = gopuṭā [Galano's Wörterbuch]
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Starts with: Gopura-vashal, Gopuraka, Gopurakara, Gopuram langi, Gopuram tangi, Gopuram thaangi, Gopurarati, Gopuras, Gopurasthapana, Gopurattalakavant, Gopuravimanadilakshana.
Ends with: Amritagopura, Apagopura, Ashagopura, Damtagopura, Dvaragopura, Galigopura, Ghamtagopura, Gudigopura, Mahagopura, Pandaradvaragopura, Rayagopura.
Full-text (+78): Apagopura, Kopuram, Pandya, Gopuram langi, Gopuram thaangi, Gopuram tangi, Bhintivaracem Lihinem, Gopura-vashal, Anintam, Goura, Gopuraka, Acalalinkam, Jambukeswarar, Pandaradvaragopura, Maryada, Mardala, Ratikanta, Dvisvastika, Kshemapura, Keshavishalaka.
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Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
1. Definition and Etymology of Gopura (gate-house) < [Chapter 5 - Gopura Lakṣaṇa]
8. Śālā, Sabhā and Mālikā-kāra Lakṣaṇas < [Chapter 5 - Gopura Lakṣaṇa]
5. Measurement for the Storeys of the Gopuras < [Chapter 5 - Gopura Lakṣaṇa]
Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Temples of Madura, the final phase (from 1600 A.D.) < [Chapter 12 - History of Hindu Temples (Prāsādas and Vimānas)]
Pāṇḍya Prākāras and Gopuras < [Chapter 12 - History of Hindu Temples (Prāsādas and Vimānas)]
Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) (by R. Muthuraman)
Dwarf Gopura < [Chapter 4]
Introduction: Architecture of the Temple < [Chapter 4]
Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
The Cholas < [Chapter XIII - Prasada: Component Parts]
Seven-storeyed Gopuram: Chidambaram < [Chapter XIII - Prasada: Component Parts]
Aditya I < [Chapter XIV - Conclusion]
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 31 - Manifestation of Seven Chambers and the daughters of Mātaṅga
Chapter 33 - Seven Chambers beginning with Topaz
Chapter 35 - The preparation of materials of worship in Mahāpadmāṭavī
A Fine Vijayanagar < [April – June, 1983]
Reviews < [April 1937]
Somapalle Temple < [July – September, 1981]
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