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Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: academia.edu: Dvādaśa-mūrti in Tamil Tradition (iconography)

Ciṟītaraṉ (சிறீதரன்) (Tamil) (in Sanskrit: Śrīdhara) refers to one of the Twelve Sacred Names of Viṣṇu (Dvādaśamūrti), according to the chapter 2.7 of the Tiruvāymoḻi.—Cirītaraṉ and Iruṭikēcaṉ are the lords. Śrīdhara is the lotus—Kaṇṇaṉ/Kṛṣṇa. Other epithets that come under Caturviṃśati are notified in the ‘Nālāyiram’ sporadically.

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cirītaraṉ (சிரீதரன்) noun < Śrī-dhara. Viṣṇu; திருமால். சிரீதரன்றன் வண்டுலவு தண்டுழாய்த் தார் [thirumal. siritharanran vandulavu thanduzhayth thar] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் இயற். நான்முகன் திருவங்தாதி [nalayira thivyappirapandam iyar. nanmugan thiruvangthathi] 62).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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