Eyeball, Eye-ball: 1 definition
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Eyeball 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.
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Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (shilpa)The Eye-ball is denoted by the Sanskrit term Tārā, and represents one of the various body parts whose Measurements should follow the principles of ancient Indian Painting (citra), 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.—In the third part of the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, chapters 35th to 43rd are dedicated to the Painting of different portraits of different kinds of men and women. The measurement of almost all the body parts that should be maintained in a picture have been presented here. For example, the Eye-ball (tārā) should be 12 aṅgulas.
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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Full-text (+192): Akshikutaka, Netrapinda, Isika, Gulleganna, Akshigola, Nayana-budbuda, Bubula, Samudvritta, Akshikuta, Netrakosha, Candri, Bhramaṇa, Vitarkita, Viplutakshi, Drigumadhya, Patana, Mukulana, Akshigolaka, Nayanabudabuda, Ubbugannu.
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Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
2.6. Dṛṣṭi (sight or glance) < [Chapter 3 - Drama and Dance]
7(a): Portrait of Men and Women < [Chapter 5 - Painting and Image Making]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
Chapter VIII - Gestures of Minor Limbs (upāṅga)
Chapter XXVI - Varied Representation (citrābhinaya)
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter LXVIII - Description of a rakshasi (or female fiend) < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
Chapter XXX - Fall of hiranyakasipu and rise of prahlada < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
Chapter V - Story of bhargava < [Book IV - Sthiti prakarana (sthiti prakarana)]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 3 - The Application of Medicines and Mantras < [Book 14 - Secret Means]
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter I - Diseases of the eye and its appendages < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter XVI - Treatment of diseases peculiar to eye-lashes and eye-lids < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter II - Pathology of the diseases of the eye-joints < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 1.80 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]