Tirivikkiraman, Tirivikkiramaṉ: 2 definitions

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Shilpashastra (iconography)

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Source: academia.edu: Dvādaśa-mūrti in Tamil Tradition (iconography)

Tirivikkiramaṉ (திரிவிக்கிரமன்) (Tamil) (in Sanskrit: Trivikrama) refers to one of the Twelve Sacred Names of Viṣṇu (Dvādaśamūrti), according to the chapter 2.7 of the Tiruvāymoḻi.—Tirivikkiramaṉ and Vāmaṉaṉ are the lords. Trivikrama’s eyes are red-lotus flowers. His mien is white marble, veḷḷaip paḷiṅku niṟattaṉ. His feet are lotus, pāta paṅkayam. Other epithets that come under Caturviṃśati are notified in the ‘Nālāyiram’ sporadically.

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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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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Tirivikkiraman in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tirivikkiramaṉ (திரிவிக்கிரமன்) noun < Tri-vikrama.

1. Viṣṇu, as one who measured the world in three strides; [மூன்றடியால் உலகமளந்த வன்] திருமால். திரிவிக்கிரமன் செந்தாமரைக் கணெம்மான் [[munradiyal ulagamalantha van] thirumal. thirivikkiraman senthamaraig kanemman] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் திருவாய்மொழி [nalayira thivyappirapandam thiruvaymozhi] 2, 7, 7).

2. Sun; சூரியன். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [suriyan. (pingalagandu)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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