The Sanskrit term Vāyulakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Vayulaksana or Vayulakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)

Vāyulakṣaṇa (वायुलक्षण) refers to the iconographic details of Vāyu—one of the “directional deities” (lokeśa), whose iconographic details are discussed in chapter 28 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 [lokeśa-pratimā-lakṣaṇa]: The iconography for the following eight directional deities are given [e.g., Vāyulakṣaṇa (9)] [...].

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Vāyulakṣaṇa (वायुलक्षण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[nyāya] B. 4, 30.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vāyulakṣaṇa (वायुलक्षण):—[=vāyu-lakṣaṇa] [from vāyu] n. the character or property of air (viz. touch), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]

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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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Partial matches: Lakshana, Vayu.

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