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Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Google Books: Consecration Rituals In South Asia

Brahmarekhā (ब्रह्मरेखा) or Brahmarekhālakṣaṇa refers to one of the chapters of the Devyāmata: an Early Śaiva Pratiṣṭhātantra dating back to the 5th century CE dealing with topics related to temple construction, consecration rituals, and iconography.—The Devyāmata is written in the form of a dialogue between Śiva and the Goddess. It begins with the praśnapaṭala, ‘the chapter on questions’, in which Devī tells Śiva what topics she would like to learn about. The answers are provided in the following chapters [e.g., brahmarekhā-lakṣaṇa], of which each is dedicated to one specific subject.

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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

brahmarēkhā (ब्रह्मरेखा).—or -rēṣā f (S) brahmalikhita n (S) brahmalēkha m (S) The destiny of every creature as written on its forehead by Brahma. 2 fig. Any speech, saying, promise &c. that is sure and certain.

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

brahmarēkhā (ब्रह्मरेखा) [-rēṣā, -रेषा].—f-likhita n-lēkha m The des- tiny of every creature. Fig. Any speech, &c., that is sure and certain.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Brahmarekhā (ब्रह्मरेखा).—f.

(-khā) The lines written by Brahma on the forehead of a man indicative of his lot in this world: also brahmalekhā .

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

Brahmarekhā (ब्रह्मरेखा):—[=brahma-rekhā] [from brahma > brahman] f. ‘Brahmā’s line’, the lines of a man’s destiny supposed to be written by Br° on the forehead of a child on the 6th day after its birth, [Religious Thought and Life in India 370, 373.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Brahmarekha 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.

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Partial matches: Rekha, Brahma.

Starts with: Brahmarekhalakshana.

Full-text: Brahmalikhita, Prarabdhavada.

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