Manikkavacakar, Māṇikkavācakar, Māṇikkavāsagar: 3 definitions
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Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Shodhganga: Temples of Salem region Up to 1336 ADMāṇikkavācakar.—One of the four Nālvar.—Māṇikkavācakar is represented as wearing a turban, as he held the post of a minister.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Oxford Index: HinduismThe best-known and most revered Tamil Śaiva saint and bhakti poet.
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Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMāṇikkavācakar (மாணிக்கவாசகர்) [māṇikka-vācakar] noun < idem. +. A famous Śaiva saint, author of Tiru-vācakam and Tiru-k-kōvaiyār, one of four camayācāriyar, probably of the ninth century; ஒன்பதாம் நூற்றாண்டினராகக் கருதப்படு பவரும் திருவாசகம் திருக்கோவையார் என்பவற்றின் ஆசிரியரும், சைவசமயாசாரியர் நால்வரு ளொருவரு மான பெரிய.ார். [onpatham nurrandinaragak karuthappadu pavarum thiruvasagam thirukkovaiyar enpavarrin asiriyarum, saivasamayasariyar nalvaru loruvaru mana periyar.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Partial matches: Manikka.
Full-text: Varakunan, Tiruvacakam, Tiru-peruturai, Nalvar-nanmanimalai, Tiruvatavurar, Tiru-cirrampalakovai, Tiru-vatavurarpuranam, Calalpati, Nayaṉmar, Nalvar, Civapuranam, Bhakti.
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