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Hastalakshana, Ჹٲṣaṇa, Hasta-lakshana: 4 definitions

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Hastalakshana 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 Ჹٲṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Hastalaksana or Hastalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

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: Google Books: Consecration Rituals In South Asia

Ჹٲṣaṇa (हस्तलक्ष�) refers to one of the chapters of the ٱ𱹲峾ٲ: an Early Śaiva Pratiṣṭhātantra dating back to the 5th century CE dealing with topics related to temple construction, consecration rituals, and iconography.—The ٱ𱹲峾ٲ is written in the form of a dialogue between Śiva and the Goddess. It begins with the śԲ貹ṭa, ‘the chapter on questions�, in which Devī tells Śiva what topics she would like to learn about. The answers are provided in the following chapters [e.g., 󲹲ٲṣaṇa], of which each is dedicated to one specific subject.

: archive.org: Bharatiya vastu-sastra

Ჹٲṣaṇa (हस्तलक्ष�) refers to “system of measurements�, according to the Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra.—Out of its eighty- three chapters, in its first forty-eight chapters, it treats three principal subjects. Firstly in the first seven chapters together with the forty-fourth and forty-fifth, the introductory subjects like need, origin, schools, scope and subject-matter of architecture and qualifications of an architect are dealt with. Next follow the regional planning, the surveying of the land, the examination of the soil-conditions (Bhūparikṣ� 8) and the system of measurements (󲹲ٲṣaṇa 9) and the detailed canons of town-planning (ܰԾś 10) together with the site-plans (II to 14 as well as 38), of the different categories of the Vāstupadas fit to be employed in towns and temples as well as the houses residential and the palaces of kings. Thirdly, it deals with the house-architecture (civil arcitecture or popular architecture or more appropriately the secular architecture as opposed to religious or devotional architecture, the temple-architecture) in the subsequent thirty chapters.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्�, 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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Ჹٲṣaṇa (हस्तलक्ष�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the 28th Pariśiṣṭa of the Av. W. p. 91.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ჹٲṣaṇa (हस्तलक्ष�):—[=󲹲ٲ-ṣaṇa] [from hasta] n. Name of the 28th Pariśiṣṭa of the [Atharva-veda]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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