Paushkaratantra, 笔补耻峁补谤补迟补苍迟谤补, Paushkara-tantra: 3 definitions
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Paushkaratantra 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 笔补耻峁补谤补迟补苍迟谤补 can be transliterated into English as Pauskaratantra or Paushkaratantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
: archive.org: Bharatiya vastu-sastra笔补耻峁补谤补迟补苍迟谤补 (啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ) or simply Pau峁ara is the name of a Tantra authored by Vibhava: an ancient teacher (腻肠腻谤测补) of V膩stu艣膩sta (science of architecture) according to the Vibhava.鈥擜ll these great teachers cannot be said to be legendary. Some used to be propagated in ancient India. No nation can flourish without its care for its material prosperity. All this technique and training and their systematic and successful teaching and transmission were of equal importance. Most of the treatises of V膩stu艣膩stra carry many of these names [i.e., Pu峁ara鈥敱什钩茚梗k补谤补迟补苍迟谤补], yet a good many of them are quoted as authorities, yet still others are honoured with actual passages being quoted from their works.
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum笔补耻峁补谤补迟补苍迟谤补 (啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擰uoted in the 艢aivadar艣ana of the Sarvadar艣anasa峁僩raha Oxf. 247^a.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔补耻峁补谤补迟补苍迟谤补 (啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ):鈥擺=辫补耻峁补谤补-迟补苍迟谤补] [from 辫补耻峁补谤补] n. Name of [work]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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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Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
(iv) Other 膧c膩ryas (chief preceptors) of Vastu艣膩stra < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
The Structural Temples of Gujarat (by Kantilal F. Sompura)
1. Early reference to architectural Canons < [Chapter 1 - Sources of architectural canons]
Architectural data in the Puranas (by Sharda Devi)