Silver: 8 definitions
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Silver means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Christianity, the history of ancient India. 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)
Silver is denoted by the Sanskrit term Rajata and represents one of the materials used to make Colours in the ancient Indian tradition 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, various materials are seen to be used to make colours. e.g., Silver (rajata). Also, five colours are regarded as the primary ones, (viz., white, yellow, colour of vilomata, black, dark blue.). A painter can create hundreds or thousands of colours by amalgamating the primary colours.
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
Silver was commonly traded with distant countries during Sea-voyages of ancient India, as vividly depicted in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—There is a reference again to a sea-voyage undertaken by Sāgaradatta of Campā with his starting from a big sea port of south India named Mahāsamudra-nagarī Jayaśrī with its destination to Yavanadvīpa. Details about the taking off of the boat are similar to those already given. Sāgaradatta sold the goods in Yavanadvīpa and purchased from there gems and precious stones and took emerald, pearls, gold and silver as his pratibhāṃḍa of the value of seven crores. [...]
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.
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Starts with (+20): Silver bark rain tree, Silver beard grass, Silver berry, Silver blue-stem, Silver buffaloberry, Silver bur ragweed, Silver burr ragweed, Silver bushwillow, Silver button, Silver cluster-leaf, Silver croton, Silver cup, Silver fern, Silver fir, Silver fittonia, Silver grass, Silver july croton, Silver leaved croton, Silver maple, Silver nerve.
Full-text (+1667): Rajata, Raupya, Rupya, Karshapana, Akupya, Karsha, Shatamana, Kaladhauta, Kupya, Mahashubhra, Hamsabhikhya, Rajaranga, Hiranya, Vetana, Saudha, Ghanagolaka, Ashtadhatu, Indulohaka, Loharajaka, Kaladhuta.
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Search found 461 books and stories containing Silver; (plurals include: Silvers). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 125 - How A Woman Became A Lapwing < [Part III - Stories of the Cultivating Caste]
Story 47 - The Golden Tree < [Part II (b) - Stories of the Tom-tom Beaters]
Story 118 - The Wicked Elder Brother < [Part III - Stories of the Cultivating Caste]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles by extremophilic bacteria < [2016: Volume 5, December issue 12]
Pelargonium graveolens leaf oil aids silver nanoparticles and antifungal activity. < [2023: Volume 12, December issue 21]
Nanosilver – a smart antimicrobial agent < [2018: Volume 7, January issue 1]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
Hamstring Strain Injury (HSI) Prevention in Professional and... < [Volume 18, Issue 16 (2021)]
Exercise-Based Training Strategies to Reduce the Incidence or Mitigate the... < [Volume 18, Issue 24 (2021)]
Head-Out Water-Based Protocols to Assess Cardiorespiratory Fitness—Systematic... < [Volume 17, Issue 19 (2020)]
Atmospheric Pollution Depicted in Impressionists’ Paintings < [Volume 16, Issue 22 (2024)]
Climate Change and Unalakleet: A Deep Analysis < [Volume 13, Issue 17 (2021)]
Project Management for Corporate Events < [Volume 14, Issue 4 (2022)]
The Economics of Female Piety in Early Sufism < [Volume 12, Issue 9 (2021)]
When the Rūḥ Meets Its Creator < [Volume 16, Issue 2 (2025)]
Muslim Women’s Religious Leadership: The Case of Australian Mosques < [Volume 13, Issue 6 (2022)]
Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 4 - Notes on the Relics of the Buddha < [Chapter 41 - Utterings That Arouse Emotional Religious Awakening]
Biography (12) Kisāgotamī Therī < [Chapter 44 - Life Histories of Bhikkhunī Arahats]
Part 3 - Visukamma Deva created an Auspicious Royal Lake for the Prince < [Chapter 2 - The Performance of the Ploughing Ceremony]
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