The Sanskrit term Keśavādipratimālakṣaṇapaṭala can be transliterated into English as Kesavadipratimalaksanapatala or Keshavadipratimalakshanapatala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)

Keśavādipratimālakṣaṇapaṭala (केशवादिप्रतिमालक्षणपटल) (lit., “the section concerning the iconographical requirements of Keśava, et. al.”) is the name of chapter 22 of the Ādikāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣasaṃhitā: a large Pāñcarātra Āgama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.—Description of the chapter [keśavādipratimālakṣaṇapaṭala]: The twelve mūrtis are called māsādhipatis, “the Lords of the months”—and their origins are traced to the four vyūhas (1-2). The iconography of Keśava is described (3b-4), and the same thing is done for Nārāyaṇa (5), Mādhava (6-7a), Govinda (7b-8), Viṣṇu (9-10a), Madhusūdana (10b-11), Trivikrama (12-14a), Vāmana (14b-15), Śrīdhara (16-18a), Hṛṣīkeśa (18b-19), Padmanābha (20-21a) and Dāmodara (21b-22). In each case, their wives should be shown holding a lotus and viṇā (23-24a).

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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.

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Partial matches: Patala.

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