Hastalakshana, Hastalakṣaṇa, Hasta-lakshana: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Hastalakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Hastalaksana or Hastalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Google Books: Consecration Rituals In South AsiaHastalakṣaṇa (हस्तलक्षण) refers to one of the chapters of the Devyāmata: an Early Śaiva Pratiṣṭhātantra dating back to the 5th century CE dealing with topics related to temple construction, consecration rituals, and iconography.—The Devyāmata is written in the form of a dialogue between Śiva and the Goddess. It begins with the praśnapaṭala, ‘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., hastalakṣaṇa], of which each is dedicated to one specific subject.
Source: archive.org: Bharatiya vastu-sastraHastalakṣaṇa (हस्तलक्षण) 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 (Bhūparikṣā 8) and the system of measurements (hastalakṣaṇa 9) and the detailed canons of town-planning (puraniveśa 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.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumHastalakṣaṇa (हस्तलक्षण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the 28th Pariśiṣṭa of the Av. W. p. 91.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHastalakṣaṇa (हस्तलक्षण):—[=hasta-lakṣaṇa] [from hasta] n. Name of the 28th Pariśiṣṭa of the [Atharva-veda]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Partial matches: Lakshana, Hasta.
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Hastalaksanadipika a critical edition and study (by E. K. Sudha)
3. Relevance of the Abhinaya-darpana < [Chapter 3 - Later developments of dramatic techniques]
4. Nandikesvara and Balarama-varma—their views in relation to the Hastalaksanadipika < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Informal Education of Sanskrit in Kerala (by Jayasree M.)
12. Education of Kutiyattam < [Chapter 3 - Informal Education of Sanskrit in Kerala: the Traditional Streams]
Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary) (by D. N. Shukla)
The Structural Temples of Gujarat (by Kantilal F. Sompura)
2.3. Samarangana Sutradhara and medieval architecture in India < [Chapter 1 - Sources of architectural canons]
1. Early reference to architectural Canons < [Chapter 1 - Sources of architectural canons]
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
Introduction (the five fundamental pillars) < [Chapter 6 - Fundamental Canons of Hindu Architecture]
(v,4) Vāstu in Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
Chapter 1 - Preliminaries In House-Construction < [Volume 3 - House Architecture]
Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
A Summary of the Samarangana-Sutradhara of King Bhojadeva < [Chapter 4 - Shilpa Shastras]