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Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (shilpa)Immutable Persons are denoted by the Sanskrit term Nirvikāra, which follows specific guidelines of ancient Indian Painting (citra), according to 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 also, different kinds of eyes and their particular shapes are elaborately discussed in the context of Painting. The third variety of the eye should be in the shape of utpalapatra i.e., petals of blue lotus and its measurement should be six yavas. The eyes of nirvikāra i.e., immutable person should be in the shape of the petals of blue lotus.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+37): Avikara, Nirvikara, Avyaya, Avikriya, Avikarya, Avikarin, Nirvaikara, Nirvikalpita, Nirvikarate, Avikaritva, Acyuta, Avyayi, Satyasankalpa, Anashvara, Nirvikarin, Kutastappiramam, Galitavikara, Pratiniyata, Niravyaya, Anaswar.
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Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.370 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 2.590 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 3.78 < [Book 3 - Bhṛguvallī]
Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Vireshwarananda)
Chapter III, Section III, Adhikarana XX < [Section III]
Chapter III, Section IV, Adhikarana XVII < [Section IV]
Chapter III, Section III, Adhikarana XXI < [Section III]
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)
Section VIII - Yajnavalkya and Gargi (II) < [Chapter III]
Section IV - Yajnavalkya and Ushasta < [Chapter III]
Section V - Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi (II) < [Chapter IV]
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 8.11 < [Chapter 8 - Akshara-brahman-yoga]
Verse 3.14-15 < [Chapter 3 - Karma-yoga]
Verse 8.21-22 < [Chapter 8 - Akshara-brahman-yoga]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 2.21 < [Chapter 2 - Sāṅkhya-yoga (Yoga through distinguishing the Soul from the Body)]
Verse 7.24 < [Chapter 7 - Vijñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Realization of Transcendental Knowledge)]
Verse 8.3 < [Chapter 8 - Tāraka-brahma-yoga (the Yoga of Absolute Deliverance)]
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (by Charles Luk)