Vamanapratima, Vāmanapratimā, Vamana-pratima: 1 definition
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Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)Vāmanapratimā (वामनप्रतिमा) refers to the iconographic details of Vāmana, one of the twelve Lords of the months (māsādhipatis), as discussed in chapter 22 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 [keśavādi-pratimālakṣaṇa-paṭala]: The twelve mūrtis are called māsādhipatis, “the Lords of the months”—and their origins are traced to the four vyūhas (1-2). The iconography of the māsa-adhipati is described. [e.g., Vāmanapratimā (14b-15)] [...] In each case, their wives should be shown holding a lotus and viṇā (23-24a).
Note: Vāmana also refers to one of the Ten avatāra or “incarnations” (daśāvatāras), as discussed in chapter 23 named [daśa-avatāra-pratimā-lakṣaṇa]:—This chapter turns to the general iconographical directions for making the ten avatāra-forms [e.g., Vāmanapratimā (24)] [...] Note that Kṛṣṇa is omitted from this list.
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: Vamana, Pratima.
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