Navavyuhapratimalakshana, Navavyuhapratima-lakshana, Navavyūhapratimālakṣaṇa: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Navavyūhapratimālakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Navavyuhapratimalaksana or Navavyuhapratimalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)Navavyūhapratimālakṣaṇa (नवव्यूहप्रतिमालक्षण) (lit. “regarding the images of the nine vyūhas”) is the name of chapter 24 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 [ navavyūhapratimālakṣaṇa]: Ādimūrti Vāsudeva having already been treated this chapter turns to the other form of Vāsudeva with two hands (3-4a), then to Baladeva (Saṃkarṣaṇa) (4b-5), to Pradyumna with his wife (6-9a), to Aniruddha (9b-10), to Nārāyaṇa (11-16), to Viṣṇu with eight arms (17-19a), to Narasiṃha (19b-21) and to Varāha (22-23a).
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: Lakshana, Pratimalakshana, Navavyuha.
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