Essay name: Prayogamanjari and Saivagamanibandhana (Study)
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R. Suthashi
Affiliation: Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit / Department of Sanskrit Sahitya
Chapter 3 - Shaiva iconography in Saivagamanibandhana
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. 6. 7. Manusyālayacandrikā, Commentary of K. Nilakaṇṭhanāśāri, S.T.R. Publications, Kollam, 1999. iti sarvāgamanibandhane mantrapatala� dvitiyah / Quoted in the thesis Prayogamañjari of Ravi - A Critical Study, p. 92. Ibid. Dr. Sivakumaraswamy, the great Sanskrit Scholar from Karnataka, while the present scholar was discussing this topic with him, defined the word 'Mantri' as the person who knows all the Mantras. The text SN uses the word Mantri in a context as sitamalyāmbaro mantri sahāyaiśśilpibhi� saha / (SN, XIV, 2). 8. For the summary of the verses, vide supra. Chapter II, Iconography in Prayogamañjari, pp. 32-33. 9. 10. Mandala means a circular array of lines, vide The Practical Sanskrit - English Dictionary, Vaman Shivram Apte, Motilal Banarasidass Publishers, Delhi, 1995, p. 733. For details of the myth Vide Västuśāstra, Vol. II, Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting (with an anthology of Pratimālakṣaṇa and Citralakṣaṇa as well as An outline history of Indian Painting, archaeological and literary), Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, Delhi, 1996, p. 246. 11. Vide EHI, Vol. I, Part I, p. 12. 12. Vide For more details Ibid. 13. Vide Vāstuśāstra, Vol. II, p. 246. 14. Vide for more details, Ibid, p. 247. 15. Vide EHI, Vol. II, pp. 80-85. 16. Vide Ibid. 17. dhārālingam sarvalinge matam tanmule'ṣṭāśram vā kalāśram yugāśram/ tasmādūrdhvam dvaiguṇam syāt sadhāram dhārālingam sarvavarṇe praśastam // (MM, 33, 81) 111
