A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Abhasa
This page describes Abhasa which is located on page 1 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana [by Gaurapada Dasa]
Commentary: The previous examples illustrated punar-uktavad-abhasa which did not involve the meaning of the synonym. That kind of punar-uktavad-abhasa is an ornament of sound proper. In the next verse, the punar-uktavad-abhasa which is an ornament of both sound and meaning is illustrated....
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Sanatkumara Samhita
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:हसन्तं हास्यन्तं च मध्ये गोपी-कदम्बकम्स्निग्ध-मेधसम् आभास- कल्याण-गुण-मन्दिरम् hasantam hasyantam ca madhye gopi-kadambakam snigdha-medhasam abhasa- kalyana-guna-mandiram Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents: hasantam—laughing; hasyantam—making laugh; ca—and; madhye—in the midst; gopi-kadambakam—many gopis; snigdha—with love; medhasam—intelligence; abhasa—splendor; kalyana—auspiciousness; guna—virtues; mandiram—a palace....
Read full contents: verse 151
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) [by K. Vidyuta]
Description of Abhasa and other mandapas Abhasa type of temples (sadana) are endowed with abhasa mandapas. These mandapas have 9 types of measures starting from 3 hastas till 19 hastas, adding 2 hastas each time (XLIV. 14cd-5): trihastam tu samarabhya dvidvihastavivardhanat || evamekonavimsham tu navadha mandapam bhavet | abhasa sadananam tu abhasam mandapam bhavet || Similarly starting from 21 hastas adding 2 hastas till 37 hastas, these 9 measures are the measure for the vikalpa mandapas....
Read full contents: 2. Types of Mandapas
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