The Sanskrit term Pāṃśulika can be transliterated into English as Pamsulika or Pamshulika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)

Pāṃsulika (पांसुलिक) [=pāṃsu?] refers to “dust”, according to the Devyāmata (in the section śalyoddhāra-paṭala or “excavation of extraneous substances”).—Accordingly, “[...] If [someone] touches his back, there is [an extraneous thing] arising from the back (pṛṣṭhaja) [, i.e. a back-bone at the depth up to the back]. If [someone touches] his belly, [there is an extraneous thing related to the belly] at the depth up to the [belly]. If [someone] touches his side, one should prognosticate that there is an extraneous thing arising from dust (pāṃsu—pāṃsulikodbhavam). The best knower of extraneous things [= the officiant] should remove that extraneous thing which exists [at a depth of] that measurement [= up to the side] [underground]. [...]”.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pāṃśulika (पांशुलिक).—nt., or °kā (= AMg. paṃsuliyā; compare Pali phāsulī, °likā; the aspiration in Pali ph- is unhistorical), rib: °likāni °likāntarāṇi Mahāvastu ii.125.15; 127.2; 128.8; 129.10; to be read thus, or else pāṃśulikāntarāṇi (omitting °likāni), (ribs and) interstices between the ribs; so the mss. clearly indicate tho with various corruptions; confirmed by AMg.; Senart em. pārśuli°. The form is of course related to Sanskrit parśu(kā), [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] pārśukā, q.v., and is hyper-Sktized from the MIndic represented by AMg., which has nasalized vowel for double consonant (or long vowel), by the ‘law of morae’.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pāṃśulikā (पांशुलिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṃsuliā.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Pamsulia, Pamsu, Vibaddha.

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