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Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (shilpa)The Garland of Gold is associated with Agni, whose iconography is described in the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.鈥擳he Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺 opines to decorate the image of Agni with the garland of flames where as the 艢ilparatna instructs to decorate it with the garland of gold. A point to be noted here is that, the authors of later period are seen to adorn the idol of Agni with the garland of gold to project him as the God of wealth. In this context they seem to follow the concept of the 峁歡veda as in the 峁歡veda Agni is portrayed as a god who brings wealth to the 测补箩补尘腻苍补蝉. Thus it is clear that the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺 offers a great field of knowledge regarding the nuances of Indian art of Image making [e.g., Agni鈥檚 garland of gold] during 10th鈥�11th century A.D.
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.
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Full-text: Hemamalin, Tapaniyavitata, Tilakamalabharana, Hiranyamalin, Suvannamala, Kancanagghika, Kancanamala, Garland of flames, Flame, Vidhurapandita Jataka, Garula.
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