Vishvakarmiya, Viśvakarmīya: 2 definitions
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Vishvakarmiya 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.
The Sanskrit term Viśvakarmīya can be transliterated into English as Visvakarmiya or Vishvakarmiya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumViśvakarmīya (विश्वकर्मीय) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—archit. Burnell. 61^b. L. 731 (copied from the preceding Ms.). Oppert. 6271. Quoted by Rāmrāj.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśvakarmīya (विश्वकर्मीय):—[from viśva] n. any work of Viśva-karman, [Catalogue(s)]
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: Vishvakarmiyashilpa.
Full-text: Vishvakarmiyashilpa, Shilpagrantha, Vishvakarma.
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Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
(v,11) Vāstu in the Śilpa-texts < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
(iii) The Schools of Architecture and the Allocation of the Samarāṅguṇa < [Chapter 5 - Study of Hindu Science of Architecture]
Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Part 6 - Relation with other works < [Preface]
Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) (by R. Muthuraman)
Introduction: Architecture of the Temple < [Chapter 4]
Vastu-shastra (3): House Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)