Powder: 3 definitions
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Powder means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Hindi. 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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In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (shilpa)Powder is denoted by the Sanskrit term Cūrṇa, and is commonly used in the ancient Indian art of Painting (citra), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, it is suggested that before going to start Painting on walls one should plaster a wall. For the process of kuḍya i.e., plastering on a wall, the painter needs iṣṭakācūrṇa i.e., powder of bricks and mṛd i.e., clay as basic ingredients. To prepare this at first the powder of three kinds of brick and one third of clay should be mixed.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Powder (of stones) was used as colours for painting in ancient India, according to the rules of Citrasūtra and the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 249:19: There is a reference to mineral colours used in painting and made from the powder of stones of different colours. Such mineral colours were used in the wall paintings of Ajanta and also at Ellora during the 8th century. Perhaps Uddyotanasūri was working on facts as had reached his ears. There actually was in the erstwhile state of Shakti in Madhyapradesh a place named Ṛṣabhapura which is mentioned in the Āraṇyakaparvan as a place of pilgrimage and visited by many persons to which the Pāṇḍavas also went with their teacher. It is probable that the place was notorious for its Kāpālika practices.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPowder in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) powder; face; powder; —[potana] to (put up a crude) make-up (said derisively)..—powder (पाउडर) is alternatively transliterated as Pāuḍara.
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Search found 166 books and stories containing Powder; (plurals include: Powders). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Medicines (k): Medicinal Powders < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]
Dermatology (d): Miscellaneous Skin Lesions < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Treatments in the Chapter on Medicine]
Dermatology (a): Itching Lesions < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Treatments in the Chapter on Medicine]
Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
2.10. Pharmaceutical use of Powders < [Chapter 1 - Cosmetics]
3.2. Medicinal Baths < [Chapter 1 - Cosmetics]
3.8. Dress Making: Perfuming of Clothes < [Chapter 2 - Costumes]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CCX - Various other Recipes (continued) < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CCVII - Various other medicinal Recipes (continued) < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CCV - Various other medicinal Recipes (continued) < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Parables of Rama (by Swami Rama Tirtha)
Story 131 - The Cause of Sin < [Chapter XX - Sin]
Story 207 - A patient and a doctor < [Chapter XXXVIII - God Realization]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XLIII - Recipes of emetic drugs
Chapter XLIV - Recipes of purgative drugs
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 1 - Means to Injure an Enemy < [Book 14 - Secret Means]
Chapter 25 - The Superintendent of Liquor < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
Chapter 2 - Wonderful and Delusive Contrivances < [Book 14 - Secret Means]
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