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Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Archaeological Survey of India: Śaiva monuments at Paṭṭadakal (śilpa)

Gajapuṃgava (गजपुंगव) is depicted as a sculpture on the seventh pillar of the southern half of the maṇḍapa of the temple of Lokeśvara.—There are two panels on this surface and a semi circular medallion atop. In the Medallion there is a combined image of gajapuṅgava (gajapuṃgava). From one side it looks like an elephant and on the other side the bull. This theme occurs ofte times in Calukyan monuments.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gajapuṃgava (गजपुंगव).—[masculine] a noble elephant (lit. bull, chief of the elephants).

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

Gajapuṃgava (गजपुंगव):—[=gaja-puṃgava] [from gaja > gaj] m. a large elephant, [Bhartṛhari]

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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.

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Partial matches: Gaja, Pumgava, Pungava.

Full-text: Gaja.

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