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Shilpashastra (iconography)

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

Girijākalyāṇa (गिरिजाकल्याण) refers to the marriage of Girijā (another name of Pārvatī), and is depicted as a sculpture on the eleventh pillar of the southern half of the maṇḍapa of the temple of Lokeśvara.—In the medallion is Girijākalyāṇa, the wedding of Śiva with Pārvatī. It looks like any wedding scene. But the hairdress and the ear ornaments of the male figure in the centre look like that of Śiva’s. So we think that it is Girijākalyāṇa wedding of Śiva with Pārvatī. Śiva and Pārvatī are standing in the centre. She is standing to the right of Śiva because at the time of kanyādāna, giving of the daughter away, in marriage, she is on the right side of her husband to be. After this is over, the bride sits to the left of the groom.

In the picture under study there is a person standing by the side of the girl. We may not be wrong if we identify him either with her father Parvatarāja who is performing the kanyādāna. Here in the image her father, with a kamaṇḍalu, water pot, in his hand, is ready to pour water of libation.. How tenderly her right hand is held by the right hand of Śiva is beautifully shown here.

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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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Girijākalyāṇa (गिरिजाकल्याण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from Ādityapurāṇa. Taylor. 1, 435.

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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: Kalyana, Girija.

Full-text: Suryapurana, Adityapurana.

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