Vishvakarmaprakasha, Vishvakarma-prakasha, Viśvakarmaprakāśa: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viśvakarmaprakāśa can be transliterated into English as Visvakarmaprakasa or Vishvakarmaprakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Cambridge Sanskrit Manuscripts: ViśvakarmaprakāśaThe Viśvakarmaprakāsa (विश्वकर्मप्रकास) is an architectural treatise attributed to Viśvakarman, the creator deity who is said to have been the first teacher of all craftsmen, as mentioned in the Ṛgveda. The text is divided into thirteen chapters on different aspects of construction, and covers houses (chapter 4), temples (chapter 6), and forts (chapter 11).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Viśvakarmaprakāśa (विश्वकर्मप्रकाश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—vāstuśāstra. L. 552. Ben. 31 (jy.). NW. 542.
—[commentary] Np. I, 156. See Vāstuprakāśa.
2) Viśvakarmaprakāśa (विश्वकर्मप्रकाश):—vāstuśāstra in 13 chapters. Io. 2038. 2601. Stein 179.
3) Viśvakarmaprakāśa (विश्वकर्मप्रकाश):—archit. Ulwar 1969.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśvakarmaprakāśa (विश्वकर्मप्रकाश):—[=viśva-karma-prakāśa] [from viśva-karma > viśva] m. Name of [work]
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: Prakasha, Vishvakarma.
Full-text: Mriga, Vastuprakasha, Samudraka, Ashtashra, Suparṇa, Caturashra, Vartula, Garuda, Vimanacchanda, Shodashashra, Vrisha, Mrigaraja, Nandivardhana, Padma, Vastushastra, Padmaka, Simha, Gaja.
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Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
(iv) Other Ācāryas (chief preceptors) of Vastuśāstra < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
(v,11) Vāstu in the Śilpa-texts < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
(ii) Rise of the Śāstra and the place of Viśvakarmā < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Chapter 6 - Group C: Nāgara Prāsādas
Chapter 5 - Pre-Samarāṅgana Classification of Temples
Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary) (by D. N. Shukla)
Vastu-shastra (3): House Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)