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Vastushastra (architecture)

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Nādamūrti (नादमूर्ति) or Nādamūrtyavatāra refers to one of the chapters of the Devyāmata: an Early Śaiva Pratiṣṭhātantra dating back to the 5th century CE dealing with topics related to temple construction, consecration rituals, and iconography.—The Devyāmata is written in the form of a dialogue between Śiva and the Goddess. It begins with the praśnapaṭala, ‘the chapter on questions’, in which Devī tells Śiva what topics she would like to learn about. The answers are provided in the following chapters [e.g., nādamūrti-avatāra], of which each is dedicated to one specific subject.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nādamūrti (ನಾದಮೂರ್ತಿ):—[noun] Śiva, who is the embodiment of three divine or mystical syllables which, in union, sound "ಓಮ್ [om]".

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

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Partial matches: Nada, Murti.

Starts with: Nadamurtyavatara.

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Verse 74 [Śakti Prabhāva] < [Chapter 2 - Second Vimarśa]

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