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)

Source: Google Books: Papers on Art and Epigraphy

Vāḍabhī (वाडभी) refers to a class of Temples, according to the Saudhikāgama: an unpublished Sanskrit text of encyclopaedic nature on Orissan temple architecture, town planning and iconography comprising about 4457 verses divided into nine chapters.—In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.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vaḍabhi (वडभि) or Vaḍabhī (वडभी).—See वलभिः-भी (valabhiḥ-bhī).

Derivable forms: vaḍabhiḥ (वडभिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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 .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaḍabhi (वडभि).—vaḍabhī, or valabhi and valabhī valabhī, f. 1. The wooden frame of a thatch, a roof, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 39 (). 2. A temporary building on the top of a palace, a turret, Mālay. [distich] 33 (valabhi).

Vaḍabhi can also be spelled as Vaḍabhī (वडभी).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaḍabhi (वडभि).—[feminine] = valabhī.

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Vaḍabhī (वडभी).—[feminine] = valabhī.

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

1) Vaḍabhi (वडभि):—f. = valabhi, bhī (q.v.), [Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa; Meghadūta]

2) Vaḍabhī (वडभी):—f. = valabhi, bhī (q.v.), [Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa; Meghadūta]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaḍabhi (वडभि):—[(bhiḥ-bhī)] 2. 3. f. The wooden frame of a thatch; a room or awning on the top of a palace.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vadabhi in German

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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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