Vimanalakshana, Vimānalakṣaṇa, Vimana-lakshana: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vimānalakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Vimanalaksana or Vimanalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)Vimānalakṣaṇa (विमानलक्षण) (lit. “on the subject of vimānas”) is the name of chapter 4 of the Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, pūjā (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and prāyaścitta (expiatory measures).—Description of chapter [vimānalakṣaṇa]: There are five styles of vimānas, or temple-structures—“nāgara”, “drāviḍa”, “vṛtta”, “vṛttāyata” and “vesara” (1-5—a sixth style is casually mentioned in śloka 6b and defined in śloka 7; it is named “parvata”). Once a vimāna-building has been constructed, as the final touch and the ritual conclusion of the building ceremonies, an “iṣṭakā-ceremony” is to be performed by ritually placing the final bricks at the very top of the dome (8-33); as part of this, a carefully-wrought finial is put into place over a cache of gems (34-44a). Different ornamentations, shapes and sizes for vimāna-buildings are mentioned, including some particular details for Viṣṇu-mandiras of various kinds [but the text here is awkward and confusing: 446-89]. The chapter concludes with a list of the deities to be found placed in and around the vimāna-building (90-100a).
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVimānalakṣaṇa (विमानलक्षण):—[=vi-māna-lakṣaṇa] [from vi-māna > vi-mā] 3. vi-māna-lakṣaṇa n. Name of [work] on architecture
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Lakshana, Vimana.
Ends with: Prithvimanalakshana.
Full-text: Vishnumandira, Vritta, Dravida, Vimana, Parvata, Vrittayata, Nagara, Ishtaka, Vesara.
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