Dashatala, Daśatāla, Daśatala, Dasha-tala: 2 definitions
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Dashatala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Daśatāla and Daśatala can be transliterated into English as Dasatala or Dashatala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexDaśatāla (दशताल).—The images of Rāma and Bali.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 259. 1.

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.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: McGill: The architectural theory of the Mānasāra (iconography)Daśatāla (दशताल, “ten-span”).—Among the several iconometric schemes possible with the tāla, the Mānasāra elaborates the daśatāla, “ten-span”, scheme. In the daśatāla scheme, the height of the image has ten basic divisions (each division being one tāla). Each tāla has twelve subdivisions (echoing the division 12 aṅgula = 1 vitasti); thus basically, the height in the daśatāla scheme has 120 (10 x 12) subdivisions.

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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dasa, Taala, Taca, Tala.
Full-text: Uttamadashatala, Madhyamadashatala, Adhamadashatala, Tala, Minakshi, Sarasvati, Brahma, Bhairava, Nataraja.
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Arts in the Puranas (study) (by Meena Devadatta Jeste)
6. Proportionate Measurement (in sculptures) < [Chapter 4 - Sculpture in the Puranas]
A Puranic Iconographical Account of the Image of Sarasvati < [Purana, Volume 11, Part 2 (1969)]
Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
A Summary of the Agastya (authority on architecture) < [Chapter 4 - Shilpa Shastras]
A Summary of the Shilpa-samgraha < [Chapter 4 - Shilpa Shastras]
A Summary of the Amsumad-Bheda of Kasyapa < [Chapter 4 - Shilpa Shastras]
Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Chapter 28 - The ten-storeyed buildings (daśatala or daśabhūmi)
Chapter 51 - The Triad (trimūrti: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa/Śiva)
Prayogamanjari and Saivagamanibandhana (Study) (by R. Suthashi)
Talabheda—Different measurements < [Chapter 3 - Shaiva iconography in Saivagamanibandhana]
Silparatna of Srikumara (summary) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati (study) (by J. P. Prajith)
11. The concept of Surya and other Grahas < [Chapter 3 - Depiction of Gods and Goddesses]
24. Pratishtha and Nityotsava-vidhi of Gauri < [Chapter 4 - Worship of Gods and Goddesses]
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