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Vastushastra (architecture)

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

Bahubhūmika (बहुभूमिक) refers to the “many-storied” variety of the hundred types of Temples (in ancient Indian architecture), 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.—It is quite difficult to say about a definite number of varieties of Hindu temples but in the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa hundred varieties of temples have been enumerated. For example, Bahubhūmika. These temples are classified according to the particular shape, amount of storeys and other common elements, such as the number of pavilions, doors and roofs.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bahubhūmika (बहुभूमिक).—a. having many floors or stories.

Bahubhūmika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bahu and bhūmika (भूमिक). See also (synonyms): bahībhūmika.

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

Bahubhūmika (बहुभूमिक):—[=bahu-bhūmika] [from bahu > bah] mfn. having many floors or stories, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bahubhumika 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

Bahubhūmika (ಬಹುಭೂಮಿಕ):—

1) [noun] a multi-storied building.

2) [noun] he who owns a large extent of land.

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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.

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Partial matches: Bhumika, Bahu.

Full-text: Bahibhumika.

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

6. Different Types of Temple < [Chapter 4 - Temple Building]

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