The Sanskrit term Śilpācārya can be transliterated into English as Silpacarya or Shilpacarya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shilpacharya.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)

Śilpācārya (शिल्पाचार्य) refers to the “officiant” (of building constructions), according to the Bhūśalyasūtrapātananimittavidhi section of Jagaddarpaṇa’s Ācāryakriyāsamuccaya, a text within Tantric Buddhism dealing with construction manual for monasteries etc.—Accordingly, “[...] The officiant (śilpācārya) with special knowledge of architecture who is skilled in the examination [of omens] should abandon inauspicious[, extraneous] things by all means. By doing this, fortune and auspiciousness will certainly be brought to the donor, the king, and all people who live in the region. [Therefore, the officiant] should first examine the [omens], and then undertake the rite [to follow] when the combination of fixed stars and planets, and the day are auspicious. [...]”.

Note: If śilpācārya is not a corruption, it probably refers to a particular class of officiant which is equivalent to the sthāpaka, the Śaiva officiant who specialises in the installation of images and consecration of temples.

context information

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Partial matches: Shilpa, Acarya.

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