Buddhapratima, 叠耻诲诲丑补辫谤补迟颈尘腻, Buddha-pratima: 2 definitions
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Buddhapratima means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
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In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)叠耻诲诲丑补辫谤补迟颈尘腻 (啶啶︵啶оお啷嵿ぐ啶むた啶ぞ) refers to the 鈥渋conographic details of Buddha鈥�, one of the Ten 补惫补迟腻谤补 or 鈥渋ncarnations鈥� (诲补艣腻惫补迟腻谤补蝉) whose iconographic details are discussed in chapter 23 of the 膧dik膩峁囜笉a of the 贬补测补艣墨谤峁蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a large P膩帽car膩tra 膧gama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.鈥擠escription of the chapter [da艣a-补惫补迟腻谤补-pratim膩-lak峁峁嘺]: This chapter turns to the general iconographical directions for making the ten 补惫补迟腻谤补-forms [e.g., 叠耻诲诲丑补辫谤补迟颈尘腻 (34)] [...] Note that K峁涐梗峁嘺 is omitted from this list.
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture叠耻诲诲丑补辫谤补迟颈尘腻 (啶啶︵啶оお啷嵿ぐ啶むた啶ぞ) refers to 鈥淏uddha images鈥� (suitable for an offering ceremony), according to the 痴补箩谤补迟耻峁囜笉补蝉补尘补测补办补濒辫补谤腻箩补, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.鈥擜ccordingly [as the Bhagav膩n taught the detailed offering-manual], 鈥淸...] Four N膩ga kings should be prepared in the middle of the ditch. [...] Flower garlands should be offered. Parched grain and mustard seeds should be scattered there in the middle of the [N膩ga] residence. Having scattered flowers, the Four Great Kings should be placed in the four corners. Buddha images (产耻诲诲丑补辫谤补迟颈尘腻) with relics, and caityas with relics should be placed in the four directions. [...]鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
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Partial matches: Pratima, Buddha.
Full-text: Hinendriya.
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