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Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Shodhganga: Vaisnava Agamas And Visnu Images

Aṅgavaikalya (अङ्गवैकल्य) refers to a type of damage where “any part of the icon get broken or mutilated”, as defined in treatises such as the Pāñcarātra, Pādmasaṃhitā and Vaikhānasa-āgamas, extensively dealing with the technical features of temple art, iconography and architecture in Vaishnavism.—As far as the Jīrṇoddhāraṇa (renovation) metal icons are concerned, the Vaiṣṇava Āgamas lay special rules because the authors of the Āgamas obviously knew the value and re-usable condition of metals. [...] The Vaiṣṇava Āgamas mention two type of damages to the metal icon—a) the pīṭha shakes (pīṭhacalana) or it comes apart from the icon (pīṭhaviyoga) and b) any part of the icon get broken or mutilated (aṅgavaikalya).

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

aṅgavaikalya (अंगवैकल्य).—n S Mutilation of body; maimed, defective, or impaired state. 2 fig. Defectiveness or imperfection (as of a ceremony performed with omission of some essential point).

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

aṅgavaikalya (अंगवैकल्य).—n Mutilation of body. Imper- fection or defectiveness of the body.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṃgavaikalya (ಅಂಗವೈಕಲ್ಯ):—[noun] state of being deformed; want of natural and full bodily form; maimedness; deformity; lameness.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Pithacalana, Pithaviyoga.

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