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Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (vastu)

Vajralepa (वज्रलेप) refers to a “special kind of hard cement” (i.e., a binding agent) which was used in the construction of a Temple, as well as for joining the bricks, 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 Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, five procedures of preparing the vajralepa are suggested.

1. mixture starting with bilvaka, kapittha, āmra;
2. mixture starting with lākṣā, kunduru, gṛhadhūma.
3. mixture starting with the horns of bull and buffalo;
4. mixture of some metals (e.g., nāga—tin);
5. mixture starting with the baking process of lime.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vajralēpa (वज्रलेप).—m S A coating or plaster of very hard mortar. 2 Mortar or chunam so prepared as to acquire great hardness. 3 fig. Applied to express the durability, immutability &c. (of promises, determinations, decrees, institutions). See ciṛyāvaracī rēgha.

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

vajralēpa (वज्रलेप).—m A coating of very hard mortar.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vajralepa (वज्रलेप).—

1) a kind of very hard cement; वज्रलेपघटितेव (vajralepaghaṭiteva) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5. 1; Uttararāmacarita 4 (for its preparation see Bṛ. S., Chapter 57 'vajralepalakṣaṇaḥ').

2) The being ineffaceable, permanent one; अन्यक्षेत्रे कृतं पापं पुण्यक्षेत्रे विनश्यति । पुण्यक्षेत्रे कृतं पापं वज्र- लेपो भविष्यति (anyakṣetre kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ puṇyakṣetre vinaśyati | puṇyakṣetre kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vajra- lepo bhaviṣyati) || Subhāṣ.

Derivable forms: vajralepaḥ (वज्रलेपः).

Vajralepa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and lepa (लेप).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vajralepa (वज्रलेप).—m. a kind of ointment (?), [Pañcatantra] iv. [distich] 10 (Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 2704, pitch); cf. Wilson, Th. of the Hind. 2. ed. ii. p. 55.

Vajralepa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and lepa (लेप).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vajralepa (वज्रलेप).—[masculine] a kind of very hard mortar.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vajralepa (वज्रलेप):—[=vajra-lepa] [from vajra > vaj] m. a kind of hard mortar or cement, [Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa; Ratnāvalī; Vāsavadattā]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vajralepa in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vajralēpa (ವಜ್ರಲೇಪ):—[noun] a paste, plaster, cement, used by sculptors.

context information

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

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vajralepa (वज्रलेप):—adj. very strong; n. cement; hand polish;

context information

Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Vajra, Lepa.

Starts with: Vajralepaghatita, Vajralepana, Vajralepay, Vajralepaya, Vajralepayamanatva.

Full-text (+38): Vajralepaghatita, Vacciralepam, Vajralepaya, Kulishalepa, Lepa, Vajralepay, Bimba, Naga, Vajralepana, Atasi, Mallaki, Riti, Skin, Kamsya, Vajra, Vaca, Kurmuru, Bhallataka, Bilva, Sarja.

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Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)

4. Materials for the Construction of Temple < [Chapter 4 - Temple Building]

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Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)

Chapter 57 - On durable cement (vajralepa-lakṣaṇa)

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Triveni Journal

Fresco-Painting in ‘Sivatatvaratnakara’ < [July-August 1932]

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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 123 - Glory of Śukla Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]

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