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Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)

Aṅgavikāra (अङ्गविकार) refers to the “bad condition of the (householder’s) body”, according to the Devyāmata (in the section śalyoddhāra-paṭala or “excavation of extraneous substances”).—Accordingly, “[...] If a creature [intrudes into the site] stepping over [a cord], then [the officiant] should know that there is the body [of that creature, i.e. bones of that creature beneath the site]. He should prognosticate an extraneous substance beneath the site by the bad condition of the householder’s body (aṅgavikāra—gṛhiṇo'ṅgavikāreṇa). If an omen is seen, or if [a creature] cries out, or if [someone] announces a [creature’s] name, then [the officiant] should prognosticate an extraneous thing [related to] that [creature]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

aṅgavikāra (अंगविकार).—m (S) aṅgavikṛti f (S) Bodily disease or disorder.

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

aṅgavikāra (अंगविकार).—m-vikṛti f Bodily disease or disorder.

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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

Aṅgavikāra (अङ्गविकार).—a bodily defect.

Derivable forms: aṅgavikāraḥ (अङ्गविकारः).

Aṅgavikāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṅga and vikāra (विकार).

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

Aṅgavikāra (अङ्गविकार).—[masculine] disease (lit. alteration of the body).

[Sanskrit to German]

Angavikara in German

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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

Aṃgavikāra (ಅಂಗವಿಕಾರ):—

1) [noun] the state of being deformed; the state of having lost a portion of the body; want of natural form; deformity.

2) [noun] a bodily disease in gen.

3) [noun] sudden loss of motion and sensation; apoplexy; unconsciousness.

4) [noun] (vīr.) excessive devotion to bodily wants as opposite to devotion to the god.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Aṅgavikāra (अङ्गविकार):—[aṅgavikāra / aṅgavikṛta] n. a bodily defect;

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vikara, Anga.

Full-text: Angavikriti, Angavikrita, Vikriti.

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