Grihakshata, Gṛhakṣata, Griha-kshata: 3 definitions
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Grihakshata 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.
The Sanskrit term Gṛhakṣata can be transliterated into English as Grhaksata or Grihakshata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)Gṛhakṣata (गृहक्षत) refers to one of the deities to be installed in the ground plan for the construction of houses, according to the Bṛhatkālottara, chapter 112 (the vāstuyāga-paṭala).—The plan for the construction is always in the form of a square. That square is divided into a grid of cells (padas). [...] Once these padas have been laid out, deities [e.g., Gṛhakṣata] are installed in them. In the most common pattern 45 deities are installed.
Gṛhakṣata as a doorway deity is associated with the Nakṣatra called Mūla and the consequence is mṛtyu. [...] The Mayasaṃgraha (verse 5.156-187) describes a design for a 9-by-9-part pura, a residential complex for a community and its lead figure. [...] This record lists a place for a store room at Gṛhakṣata.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛhakṣata (गृहक्षत):—[=gṛha-kṣata] [from gṛha > gṛbh] m. a kind of divine being, [Vāstuvidyā; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
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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: Kshata, Griha.
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Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Chapter 32 - The temples of attendant deities (parivāra)
Chapter 36 - The situation and measurement of dwelling houses (gṛha-māna-sthāna)
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
6. Allocation of the Śālās < [Chapter 3 - Prākāra Lakṣaṇa]
Vastu-shastra (3): House Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Chapter 5 - Planning of Śālās: The House Plans and Building Byelaws
Vastu-shastra (2): Town Planning (by D. N. Shukla)
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2 - Fort (durga) architecture in the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 7 - Art and Architecture in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Part 2.2 - Temple (prāsāda) architecture in the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 7 - Art and Architecture in the Matsyapurāṇa]