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Golden stick 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.
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (shilpa)A Golden stick is associated with the Door-keeper (pratīhāra), according to Bānabhatta’s Kādambarī and 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 Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, the picture of a pratīhāra i.e., door keeper should be adorned with a staff in his hand and a sword hanging along his side. In Bānabhatta’s Kādambarī, a reference of holding golden stick by door keeper is found which corroborates with the idea of the picture of a door keeper as narrated in the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa.
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: Pratihara, Doorkeeper.
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Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 81 - Vasishtha summons the royal assembly < [Book 2 - Ayodhya-kanda]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 28 - The rite (vidhi) of planting of trees (pādapa) < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
7(b): Portrait of Different Classes Projected in Painting < [Chapter 5 - Painting and Image Making]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 543: Bhūridatta-jātaka < [Volume 6]