Dashavatarapratima, Daśāvatārapratimā, Dashavatara-pratima: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Daśāvatārapratimā can be transliterated into English as Dasavatarapratima or Dashavatarapratima, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)Daśāvatārapratimā (दशावतारप्रतिमा) or Daśāvatārapratimālakṣaṇa (lit., “concerning icons of the ten avatāra-incarnations”) is the name of chapter 23 of the Ādikāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣasaṃhitā: a large Pāñcarātra Āgama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.—Description of the chapter [daśāvatārapratimā-lakṣaṇa]: This chapter turns to the general iconographical directions for making the ten avatāra-forms: Matsya (2-4), Kūrma (5-7), 2 types of Varāha (8-14), Narasiṃha (15-23), Vāmana (24), Jāmadagnya (25-27), Rāma (28-31), Balarāma (32-33), Buddha (34) and Kalkin (35-38).
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) 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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Partial matches: Dashavatara, Pratima.
Starts with: Dashavatarapratimalakshana.
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