Shuladhivasa, Śūlādhivāsa, Shula-adhivasa: 1 definition
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Shuladhivasa 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.
The Sanskrit term Śūlādhivāsa can be transliterated into English as Suladhivasa or Shuladhivasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)Śūlādhivāsa (शूलाधिवास) refers to the “ceremony of preparing a wooded frame (for a plaster or clay icon)”, as discussed in chapter 6 of the Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, pūjā (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and prāyaścitta (expiatory measures).—Description of chapter [śūla-sthāpana]: [...] [After producing the Śūla]: Śūlādhivāsa-rites are then prepared for, and as part of these preparations a maṇḍapa is to be constructed in front of the prāsāda, decorated, and purified (20-47). In this maṇḍapa the Ācārya will prepare a dais bearing a maṇḍala-design-which design may be either of the “bhadra” or of the “svastika” pattern. The Ācārya should also attend to some other preparatory measures, including sprinkling the maṇḍapa and sprouting some seedlings. After these things have been done he may place the śūla there (48-55). Śūlādhivāsa itself requires that the Ācārya meditates upon the Lord of Lords as in the center of the śūla before he undertakes to perform the numerous bathing-rites and other rituals that may take, collectively, as long as from one to three days—[...].
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: Shula, Adhivasa, Cula.
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