Shilpashastra, Śilpaśāstra, Shilpa-shastra: 12 definitions
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Shilpashastra has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śilpaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Silpasastra or Shilpashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚilpaśāstra (शिल्पशास्त्र):—n. die Lehre von den Künsten oder Handwerken [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 22. 3, 280.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 21, 9.] Titel bestimmter Werke [MACK. Coll. 131. fg.] — Vgl. śilpiśāstra .
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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Partial matches: Shastra, Shilpa.
Starts with: Shilpashastranusara.
Ends with: Bhanumatashilpashastra, Citrakarmashilpashastra, Sarasvatiyashilpashastra.
Full-text (+518): Shilpishastra, Upaveda, Dakshina, Sarasvatiyashilpashastra, Shilpavidye, Bhanumatashilpashastra, Shastra, Vastusutropanishad, Sthapati, Vardhaki, Sutragrahin, Takshaka, Mudra, Samharamurti, Dhatu, Anugrahamurti, Kevalamurti, Alinganamurti, Sudha, Parashu.
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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]
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
1. Vāstu and Śilpa-śāstras < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
2 (a). Literary Evidence to Art-Activity < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
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]
The Interplay of Arts in Ancient India < [September 1944]
The Approaches to Indian Art < [March-April 1931]
Andhra Sculpture < [January 1949]
Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Part 6 - Relation with other works < [Preface]
Part 4 - Method of translation < [Preface]
Part 1 - History of publication < [Preface]
Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Introduction < [Chapter 12 - History of Hindu Temples (Prāsādas and Vimānas)]
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