Shulba, Śulba: 8 definitions
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Shulba 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 Śulba can be transliterated into English as Sulba or Shulba, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)Śulba (शुल्ब) refers to a “copper pot”, according to Lalla’s Śiṣyadhīvṛddhidatantra (Part I, 21, Yantrādhikāra, 34-35).—(Cf. Astronomical instruments in Bhāskarācārya’s Siddhāntaśiromaṇi).—Accordingly, “The bowl, which resembles half a pot (i.e. hemispherical), which is made of ten palas of copper [i.e., śulba], which is half a cubit (i.e. twelve aṅgulas) in diameter at the mouth and half (i.e. six aṅgulas) as high, which is evenly circular, and which is bored by a uniformly circular needle, made of three and one-third māṣas of gold and of four aṅgulas in length, sinks into clear water in one ghaṭikā (nāḍī)”.
Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical TermsŚulba (शुल्ब).—A measuring cord; ritual geometry for altar construction. Note: Śulba is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚulba (शुल्ब).—[śulb-ac]
1) A rope, string; ततो मन्त्रबलाच्छुल्बे तक्षके वज्रिणः करात् (tato mantrabalācchulbe takṣake vajriṇaḥ karāt) Bm.1.194; शुल्वं सुतस्य न तु तत्तदमुष्य माति (śulvaṃ sutasya na tu tattadamuṣya māti) Bhāgavata 2.7.3.
2) Copper.
3) A sacrificial rite or act.
4) The proximity of water, a place near it.
5) A rule, law, an institute.
-lvā, -lvī See above.
Derivable forms: śulbam (शुल्बम्).
See also (synonyms): śulva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚulba (शुल्ब).—or śulva, nt. or m. (Sanskrit Lex. id., according to [Boehtlingk and Roth] back-formation from śulbāri, sulphur, but the latter is not explained; = Māhārāṣṭrī suvva, said to be nt.), copper: tāmralohaṃ ca śulvaṃ (Senart's plausible em. for suptaṃ of mss.) ca Mahāvastu i.12.7 (verse); see also śaulbika.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚulba (शुल्ब).—[neuter] string, cord.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śulba (शुल्ब):—[from śulv] (or śulva) n. ([according to] to some also m. and ā or f(ī). ) a string, cord, rope, [???; Sūryasiddhānta; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] a strip, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Pariśiṣṭa, [Catalogue(s); cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] also ‘copper’
4) [v.s. ...] ‘sacrificial act’
5) [v.s. ...] ‘conduct’
6) [v.s. ...] ‘vicinity of water’
7) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [Śaṃkarācārya]
[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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚulba (ಶುಲ್ಬ):—
1) [noun] a string or rope.
2) [noun] copper.
3) [noun] a religious sacrifice.
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Sulba (ಸುಲ್ಬ):—[noun] = ಸುಲ್ವ [sulva].
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)
Starts with: Shulbabhashya, Shulbadipika, Shulbagninidhitika, Shulbaja, Shulbakalpa, Shulbakarika, Shulbamimamsa, Shulbanibha, Shulbaparishishta, Shulbarahasyaprakasha, Shulbari, Shulbasutra, Shulbasutrabhashyavarttikavyakhya, Shulbavarttika, Shulbavrittivivarana, Shulbay.
Ends with: Nishulba, Shanashulba.
Full-text (+204): Shulbaja, Shulva, Sulla, Sumba, Shaulbika, Shaulbayana, Akshnayarajju, Shulbari, Shulbasutra, Shulbasutrabhashyavarttikavyakhya, Apanama, Urdhvapramana, Shulbakalpa, Shulbadipika, Shulbay, Ardheshtaka, Shulbakarika, Shaulba, Ubhayi, Shulbavrittivivarana.
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
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Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
(ii) The Architecture (Sthāpatya) < [Chapter 3 - The Architect and Architecture]
(v) The character of the building aspect etc. (Patākādi-ṣaṭ-chandas) < [Chapter 6 - Fundamental Canons of Hindu Architecture]
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Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
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Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
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