Vastupujana, Vāstupūjana: 4 definitions
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Vastupujana 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVāstupūjana (वास्तुपूजन).—The worship of household deities by garbhiṇis.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 7. 45.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)Vāstupūjana (वास्तुपूजन) refers to the “worship of vāstupuruṣa” which should be recited at the end of a Drama, according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—In the beginning of the Drama the devatāpūjana should be done. A nāndīśloka i.e., a benedictory verse must be recited at the very beginning of a Drama for a successful ending. [...] The Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa says that at the end of the Drama, vāstupūjana i.e., the worship of vāstupuruṣa should be made by offering flowers.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVāstupūjana (वास्तुपूजन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Āśval. Oudh. Xix, 100.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāstupūjana (वास्तुपूजन):—[=vāstu-pūjana] [from vāstu > vāstava] n. Name of [work]
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: Pujana, Vastu.
Starts with: Vastupujanapaddhati.
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Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
Introductory < [Volume 3 - House Architecture]
Chapter 1 - Preliminaries In House-Construction < [Volume 3 - House Architecture]
Chapter 7 - Planning of Prāsāda—The Hindu Temple < [Volume 5 - Temple Architecture]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
1.2. Characteristic Features of Sanskrit Drama < [Chapter 3 - Drama and Dance]
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. God)
8, 9. Fragments of Poems pertaining to King Sambhu, Son of Shivaji < [Volume 3 (1956)]