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Funeral pile means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (shilpa)The Funeral Pile follows specific guidelines of ancient Indian Painting (citra), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—In the context of identification of some particular places through picture, the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa gives some instructions. According to this book, the picture of funeral piles and dead bodies indicate burial sites.
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.
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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 27 - On the going of Hariścandra to the Heavens < [Book 7]
Chapter 11 - On the story of Triśaṅku < [Book 7]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter CXIX - Lamentation of the lovelorn traveller < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XXXIX - Description of the battlefield infested by nocturnal fiends < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
Chapter CIX - Migration of the chandalas < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
3. Yoga Practice and Its Specificities < [Chapter 4]
When the Sun is Stabbed... < [April – June, 1987]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
7(d): Portrait of Different Places in Painting < [Chapter 5 - Painting and Image Making]