Sthapatyaveda, Sthāpatyaveda, Sthapatya-veda: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySthāpatyaveda (स्थापत्यवेद).—the science of architecture (one of four upavedas).
Derivable forms: sthāpatyavedaḥ (स्थापत्यवेदः).
Sthāpatyaveda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sthāpatya and veda (वेद).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySthāpatyaveda (स्थापत्यवेद):—[=sthāpatya-veda] [from sthāpatya > sthā] m. ‘science of architecture’, one of the four Upa-vedas (q.v.), [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 184.]
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: Sthapatya, Veda, Veta.
Full-text: Upaveda, Vastushastra, Vishvakarma.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 21 - Bali Bound Down < [Book 8 - Eighth Skandha]
Chapter 12 - Creation of Rudra, the mind-born Sons and of Manu and Śatarūpā < [Book 3 - Third Skandha]
Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
(ii) Rise of the Śāstra and the place of Viśvakarmā < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
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