Kautukagriha, Kautukagṛha, Kautuka-griha: 6 definitions
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Kautukagriha 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 Kautukagṛha can be transliterated into English as Kautukagrha or Kautukagriha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Triveni Journal: Chitrasalas - Ancient Indian Art GalleriesKautukagriha refers to a type of building adorned with pictures.—Chitrasalas and other Kautukagrihas as more profusely decorated and picturesque parts of mansions and houses decorated all over in a general way. [...] Private Chitrasalas and the Chitrasalas of the royal harem have only a limited scope. But the public galleries ought to have possessed all sorts of pictures. Of course, there appears to have been a special attachment to Mangalyalekhya and we should have had more of them than any other. [...] In conclusion it must be stated, however, that the Chitrasala was only the building where art was concentrated, so to say. It does not mean that other apartments and buildings were bereft of pictures and decoration.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKautukagṛha (कौतुकगृह).—a pleasurehouse; कौतुकागारमागात् (kautukāgāramāgāt) Kumārasambhava 7.94.
Derivable forms: kautukagṛham (कौतुकगृहम्).
Kautukagṛha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kautuka and gṛha (गृह). See also (synonyms): kautukāgāra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKautukagṛha (कौतुकगृह).—[neuter] wedding-house.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKautukagṛha (कौतुकगृह):—[=kautuka-gṛha] [from kautuka] n. the house in which a marriage takes place, [Harṣacarita; Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra i, 12 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
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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: Griha, Kautuka.
Full-text: Kautukagara, Citrashala.
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