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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Buddhisaṅkīrṇa (बुद्धिसङ्कीर्ण).—A maṇṭapa with 54 pillars.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 270. 3 and 9.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstra

Buddhisaṅkīrṇa (बुद्धिसङ्कीर्ण) refers to a variety of maṇḍapa (halls attached to the temple), according to the Matsya-purāṇa (verses 270.1-30). The buddhisaṅkīrṇa-maṇḍapa is to be built with 54 pillars (stambha). It can also be spelled as Buddhisaṃkīrṇa (बुद्धिसंकीर्ण). The Matsyapurāṇa is one of the eighteen major purāṇas dating from the 1st-millennium BCE.

Accordingly (verse 270.15-17), “These maṇḍapas (e.g., buddhisaṅkīrṇa) should be either made triangular, circular, octagonal or with 16 sides or they are square. They promote kingdoms, victory, longevity, sons, wife and nourishment respecitvely. Temples of other shape than these are inauspicious.”

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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

Buddhisaṃkīrṇa (बुद्धिसंकीर्ण).—a kind of pavilion.

Derivable forms: buddhisaṃkīrṇam (बुद्धिसंकीर्णम्).

Buddhisaṃkīrṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms buddhi and saṃkīrṇa (संकीर्ण).

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

Buddhisaṃkīrṇa (बुद्धिसंकीर्ण):—[=buddhi-saṃkīrṇa] [from buddhi > budh] m. a kind of pavilion, [Vāstuvidyā]

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Buddhisankirna 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Samkirna, Buddhi.

Full-text: Mandapa.

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