Shilpa, Śilpa, Śilpā: 18 definitions
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Shilpa has 18 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śilpa and Śilpā can be transliterated into English as Silpa or Shilpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shilp.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚilpa (शिल्प):—1. [Uṇādisūtra 3, 28.] adj. (f. ā) bunt [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 24, 5. 20, 58.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 5, 22, 1. 6, 13, 1. 20, 1.]
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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.
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Starts with (+39): Shilpabhijna, Shilpacarya, Shilpada, Shilpageha, Shilpagrantha, Shilpagriha, Shilpajiva, Shilpajivi, Shilpajivika, Shilpajivin, Shilpajivini, Shilpajna, Shilpaka, Shilpakala, Shilpakaladipika, Shilpakale, Shilpakara, Shilpakaraka, Shilpakarakarika, Shilpakari.
Ends with (+3): Brahmiyashilpa, Carmashilpa, Devashilpa, Ihashilpa, Jalashilpa, Kashyapashilpa, Kritashilpa, Mayashilpa, Murtishilpa, Natakashilpa, Navikashilpa, Nirmanashilpa, Pratimashilpa, Pratishilpa, Sanatkumarashilpa, Shambarashilpa, Sushilpa, Varnashilpa, Vastushilpa, Vesarashilpa.
Full-text (+539): Shilpin, Shilpavidya, Shilpashala, Shilpika, Shilpashastra, Shilpakarman, Sippa, Shilpam, Pratishilpa, Shilpakara, Shilpalaya, Shilpatva, Devashilpa, Shilpajivin, Shilpakaraka, Shilpakarika, Vishvajicchilpa, Kritashilpa, Saptatala, Pratibha.
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Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
(ii) Subject-matter of Architecture (Vāstu) < [Chapter 2 - Scope and Subject-matter]
(v,11) Vāstu in the Śilpa-texts < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
(v) Vāstu literature (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)
Section V - The Line of Teachers < [Chapter VI]
Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Kailasanathar Temple < [Chapter XIV - Conclusion]
Introduction < [Chapter XIII - Prasada: Component Parts]
The Manasara < [Chapter XIII - Prasada: Component Parts]
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
1. Vāstu and Śilpa-śāstras < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
1-2. Etymology and Definition of Prākāra < [Chapter 3 - Prākāra Lakṣaṇa]
Conclusion (Introduction) < [Chapter 6 - Conclusion]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
4. The Lilatilakam < [Chapter 6 - Miscellaneous Sanskrit works bearing on Kerala history]
Theatre-Architecture in Ancient India < [January-February 1933]
Chitrasalas- Ancient Indian Art Galleries < [September-October 1934]
Head-Gears in Hindu Art < [March 1937]
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