The Sanskrit term Hastabhūṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Hastabhusana or Hastabhushana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Shodhganga: Vaisnava Agamas And Visnu Images

Hastabhūṣaṇa (हस्तभूषण) refers to “hand-ornaments”, as defined in treatises such as the Pāñcarātra, Pādmasaṃhitā and Vaikhānasa-āgamas, extensively dealing with the technical features of temple art, iconography and architecture in Vaishnavism.—There are a number of ornaments for hand and arms. According to Bharata, aṅgada (armlet) and valaya (bangle ) are for upper part of arm; kharjūraka (a scorpion-shaped bracelet) and ucchitika (bracelet) are for the forehand; kalāpī (string of pearls), kaṭaka (chain with link ), śaṅkha (bracelet of conches), hastapatra (bracelet with design of creepers), pūraka (a flat bracelet) are the ornament for hand fist and upper part of wrist; and rings are meant for fingers.

context information

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.

Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Hastabhūṣaṇa (ಹಸ್ತಭೂಷಣ):—[noun] any ornament for the hand including the wrist.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhushana, Hasta.

Full-text: Valaya, Ucchitika, Angada, Kharjuraka, Puraka, Hastapatra, Kataka, Kalapi, Shankha.

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