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Festoon means something in the history of ancient India. 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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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Festoons commonly decorated the Vimānas (temple complex) of ancient India, as vividly depicted in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 92.24-31: A Devī-vimāna is described as being decorated with rubies, pearls-pendants and festoons, rows of bells attached to banners, rows of vaijayantī flags fixed on the top, lotus-medallions formed by the inset work of rubies, figures of the lotus-pond and thus giving appearance of Padma-vimāna. [...]
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Starts with: Festoon pine.
Ends with: Pearl-festoon.
Full-text (+83): Torana, Jhalara, Agghika, Jhalar, Festoon pine, Latapasha, Bamdanavara, Osagedorana, Taligetorana, Talirutorana, Vimana, Agghiya, Kurujutorana, Pushpabhanga, Alardorana, Rangameji, Toran, Vamdanamale, Olidorana, Makaratorana.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 16: Bharata’s return to Ayodhyā < [Chapter IV]
Part 20: Rivalry for Svayamprabhā < [Chapter I - Śreyāṃsanāthacaritra]
Part 21: Entrance into Vinītā < [Chapter IV - Conquest of Bharatavarṣa by Sagara]
Prediction Based On Physical Traits Of Women < [Astrology In Garuda Purana]
Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Kesapatta (a band or cord used to bind the tuft of hair) < [Chapter 4 - Material Culture of the People]
Alvars during the Pallava period < [Chapter 3 - Socio-Religious Life]
Articles Related to Royal Court < [Chapter 4 - Material Culture of the People]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 11.7 < [Chapter 11 - Additional Ornaments]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 174: Dūbhiya-Makkaṭa-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
Jataka 140: Kāka-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 455: Māti-Posaka-jātaka < [Volume 4]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 38 - Description of the dais (maṇḍapa) < [Section 2.3 - Rudra-saṃhitā (3): Pārvatī-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 32 - The seven celestial sages arrive < [Section 2.3 - Rudra-saṃhitā (3): Pārvatī-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 42 - Description of the meeting of the lord and the mountain < [Section 2.3 - Rudra-saṃhitā (3): Pārvatī-khaṇḍa]