Indrambi, Indraṃbi: 1 definition
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Indrambi 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.
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Vedic Hinduism (also orthodox Brahmanism)
Source: archive.org: Hindu Architecture in India and AbroadIndraṃbi (इन्द्रंबि) refers to one of the 200 bricks used in the five-layered chaturasra-syena-chiti altar enumerated in texts such ass the Taittirīya-saṃhita, Baudhāyana and Āpastamba.—The Śulva-sūtras (the supplementary portions of the Kalpa-sūtras) deal with the measurement and construction of the different vedis or altars, the construction of which were required for the great Soma sacrifice. These altars (citis) could be constructed in different shapes, the earliest enumeration of which is found in the Taittirīyasaṃhitā. Everyone of these altars was constructed of five layers of bricks and every layer in its turn was to consist of two hundred bricks [e.g., Indraṃbi], so that the whole agni (altar) contained a thousand. The caturaśra-śyena-citi was so-called because it resembles the form of a falcon and the bricks out of which it is composed are all square-shaped.
Vedic Hinduism refers to traditional Brahmanism adhering to the vast literature known as Shruti, including the four Vedas, the Brahmanas (interpretation and commentaries) and Upanishads (philosophical discourses) as well as a variety of appendices known as Sutras.
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