Puranivesha, Puraniveśa, Pura-nivesha: 4 definitions
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Puranivesha 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 Puraniveśa can be transliterated into English as Puranivesa or Puranivesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: archive.org: Bharatiya vastu-sastraPuraniveśa (पुरनिवेश) refers to “(detailed canons of) town-planning”, according to the Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra.—Out of its eighty- three chapters, in its first forty-eight chapters, it treats three principal subjects. Firstly in the first seven chapters together with the forty-fourth and forty-fifth, the introductory subjects like need, origin, schools, scope and subject-matter of architecture and qualifications of an architect are dealt with. Next follow the regional planning, the surveying of the land, the examination of the soil-conditions (Bhūparikṣā 8) and the system of measurements (Hastalakṣaṇa 9) and the detailed canons of town-planning (puraniveśa 10) together with the site-plans (II to 14 as well as 38), of the different categories of the Vāstupadas fit to be employed in towns and temples as well as the houses residential and the palaces of kings. Thirdly, it deals with the house-architecture (civil arcitecture or popular architecture or more appropriately the secular architecture as opposed to religious or devotional architecture, the temple-architecture) in the subsequent thirty chapters.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuraniveśa (पुरनिवेश).—the founding of a city.
Derivable forms: puraniveśaḥ (पुरनिवेशः).
Puraniveśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pura and niveśa (निवेश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuraniveśa (पुरनिवेश).—m.
(-śaḥ) The founding of a city.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuraniveśa (पुरनिवेश):—[=pura-niveśa] [from pura > pur] m. the founding of a city, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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: Nivesha, Pura.
Full-text: Hastalakshana, Bhumipariksha, Bhupariksha, Pariksha.
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Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary) (by D. N. Shukla)
Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
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(i) Origin of Indian architecture < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]