Suryarahasya, Sūryarahasya, Surya-rahasya: 3 definitions

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Suryarahasya 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.

In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Google Books: Papers on Art and Epigraphy

Sūryarahasya (सूर्यरहस्य) is discussed in the seventh chapter of the Saudhikāgama: an unpublished Sanskrit text of encyclopaedic nature on Orissan temple architecture, town planning and iconography comprising about 4457 verses divided into nine chapters.—In the fourth chapter he expounds the Gaṇapatipratimā-lakṣaṇa. Chapter five is devoted to the explanation of the Śaivapratimā-lakṣaṇa, nṛtyamūrtis and bhairavamūrtis, chapter six to Viṣṇupratimā-lakṣaṇa, and chapter seven to Sūryarahasya. Chapter eight concerns the Śaktirahasya (i.e., the Navadurgārahasya, Daśamahāvidyārahasya and Saptamātṛkārahasya) and their pañjaras. The last chapter consists of a description of the gaṇamūrtis.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Sūryarahasya (सूर्यरहस्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] by Vrajarāja. NW. 256. Np. Ii, 148.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sūryarahasya (सूर्यरहस्य):—[=sūrya-rahasya] [from sūrya > sūr] n. Name of [work]

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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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