Merukuta, Meru-kuta, Merukūṭa: 6 definitions
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Merukuta 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.
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstraMerukūṭa (मेरुकूट):—The Sanskrit name for a classification of a ‘temple’, according to the Īśānaśivagurudevapaddhati which features a list of 52 temple types. This list represents the classification of temples in South-India.
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: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMerukūṭa (मेरुकूट).—(1) name of two former Buddhas, in the same list: Sukhāvatīvyūha 5.12; 6.6; (2) name of a Buddha in an eastern lokadhātu: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 184.7 (Chin. indicates Sumerukūṭa); (3) name of a Bodhisattva: Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 7.8.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMerukūṭa (मेरुकूट).—[neuter] the summit of Meru.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Merukūṭa (मेरुकूट):—[=meru-kūṭa] [from meru] mn. the summit of Meru, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Buddha, [Buddhist literature]
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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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Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
Chapter 5 - Pre-Samarāṅgana Classification of Temples < [Volume 5 - Temple Architecture]
Lotus Sutra (by Tsugunari Kubo)
Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-Pundarika) (by H. Kern)
The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra
Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Kadambari Studies (on the basis of Bhanuchandra) (by Jayanti Tripathy)