Vadabhi, Vaḍabhi, Vaḍabhī, Vāḍabhī: 8 definitions
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Vadabhi 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)
Vāḍabhī (वाडभी) refers to a class of Temples, according to the Saudhikāgama: an unpublished Sanskrit text of encyclopaedic nature on Orissan temple architecture, town planning and iconography comprising about 4457 verses divided into nine chapters.—In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 second chapter Mahādeva praises Kaliṅga (modern Orissa) and expounds on the different types of Vāḍabhī temples, describing their parts in detail. Chapter three is devoted to the description of liṅgas, images and their measurements, ornaments and different types of āsanas etc.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Vaḍabhi (वडभि) or Vaḍabhī (वडभी).—See वलभिः-भी (valabhiḥ-bhī).
Derivable forms: vaḍabhiḥ (वडभिः).
Vaḍabhi (वडभि).—f. (-bhiḥ or bhī) 1. The wooden frame of a thatch. 2. A temporary building or awning on the top of a palace, or a room or turret so situated. E. val to cover, abhac aff., in added, and again optionally ṅīṣ, la changed to ḍa; otherwise valabhi and valabhī .
Vaḍabhi (वडभि).—vaḍabhī, or valabhi and valabhī valabhī, f. 1. The wooden frame of a thatch, a roof, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 39 (ḍ). 2. A temporary building on the top of a palace, a turret, Mālay. [distich] 33 (valabhi).
Vaḍabhi can also be spelled as Vaḍabhī (वडभी).
Vaḍabhi (वडभि).—[feminine] = valabhī.
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Vaḍabhī (वडभी).—[feminine] = valabhī.
1) Vaḍabhi (वडभि):—f. = valabhi, bhī (q.v.), [Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa; Meghadūta]
2) Vaḍabhī (वडभी):—f. = valabhi, bhī (q.v.), [Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa; Meghadūta]
Vaḍabhi (वडभि):—[(bhiḥ-bhī)] 2. 3. f. The wooden frame of a thatch; a room or awning on the top of a palace.
Vaḍabhī (वडभी):—und bhi f. Söller [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 2, 5.] [Harivaṃśa 4529. 4533. 8788. 8936. 16181] (die neuere Ausg. überall valabhī). [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 61, 9. 6, 14, 22.] [Meghadūta 39.] — Vgl. valabhī .
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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Starts with: Vadabhikara, Vadabhikarya, Vadabhirata.
Full-text: Valabhi, Vadabhikara.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.3.82 < [Part 3 - Fraternal Devotion (sakhya-rasa)]
Studies in Orissan History, Archaeology and Archives (by Padmasri Paramananda Acharya)
Part 11 - On Balavalabhi of Ramacharita < [Section A - Epigraphy]
Shringara-manjari Katha (translation and notes) (by Kumari Kalpalata K. Munshi)
Part 6 - A picture of medieval India according to Bhoja < [Introduction to the Shringaramanjari-katha of Shri Bhojadeva]
Canons of Orissan Architecture (by R. Chatterjee)
Nighantu (critical study) (by Gopalakrishna N. Bhat)
Part 12 - Udakanamani (Udaka Nama) < [Chapter 3 - First Adhyaya (chapter) of the Nighantu (study)]