Nandisha, Nandīśa, Nandi-isha, Namdisha: 11 definitions
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Nandisha 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 Nandīśa can be transliterated into English as Nandisa or Nandisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Nandīśa (नन्दीश) refers to a type of temple (prāsāda) classified under the group named Sāndhāra, according to Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra chapter 56. The Sāndhāra group contains twenty-five out of a sixty-four total prāsādas (temples) classified under four groups in this chapter. The Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra is an 11th-century encyclopedia dealing with various topics from the Vāstuśāstra.
Nandīśa (नन्दीश) or Śambhu is the name of an ancient teacher (ācārya) of Vāstuśāsta (science of architecture) according to the Matsyapurāṇa.—All these great teachers cannot be said to be legendary. Some used to be propagated in ancient India. No nation can flourish without its care for its material prosperity. All this technique and training and their systematic and successful teaching and transmission were of equal importance. Most of the treatises of Vāstuśāstra carry many of these names [i.e., Nandīśa], yet a good many of them are quoted as authorities, yet still others are honoured with actual passages being quoted from their works.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Nandīśa (नन्दीश).—One of the eighteen authors on architecture.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 252. 3.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Nandīśa (नन्दीश).—m.
(-śaḥ) 1. name of Nandi, Siva'S attendant. 2. A name of Siva. 3. A species of musical rhythm. E. nandī Indra'S garden, or nandi a proper name, īśa master.
Nandīśa (नन्दीश).—[masculine] [Epithet] of Śiva.
1) Nandīśa (नन्दीश):—[from nandi > nand] m. (ndi or ndin or ndī + īśa?) Name of an attendant of Śiva, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
2) [v.s. ...] of Śiva himself, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] (in music) a kind of measure.
Nandīśa (नन्दीश):—[nandī+śa] (śaḥ) 1. m. A name of Nundī, Shiva's attendant; Shiva.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Naṃdīśa (ನಂದೀಶ):—[noun] = ನಂದಿ - [namdi -] 3.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Isha, Nanti, Nandi.
Starts with: Nandishabda, Nandishakanta, Nandishalaka.
Full-text: Nandishakanta, Samspardha, Shambhu, Ashtadashashilpashastropadeshaka, Rauravagama, Sandhara, Tamalaka, Kankola, Ushira, Sannata, Nandishvara, Sudrish, Purandara, Mahadeva, Karpura, Candana, Jati, Isha, Vada.
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Saura-purana (analytical study) (by Priyanku Chakraborty)
Part 6.2.3 - Iconographical descriptions of the Gaṇas < [Chapter 2 - A Brief Discourse on the Saura-purāṇa]
Part 6.1.3 - Different modes and rules of worship of Śiva < [Chapter 2 - A Brief Discourse on the Saura-purāṇa]
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
(iv) Other Ācāryas (chief preceptors) of Vastuśāstra < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
Chapter 6 - Group A: Early Lāṭa Temples < [Volume 5 - Temple Architecture]
Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)
Chapter 1 - The Upapurana literature—its extent, antiquity and origin
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CCXXXII - Dissolution of the Universe < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
2 (a). Literary Evidence to Art-Activity < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
2. Works on Kāmaśāstra (e): Ratiratnapradīpikā < [Chapter 2 - An Appraisal of Kāmaśāstra Works in Sanskrit]