Shrivishala, Shri-vishala, Śrīviśāla: 2 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śrīviśāla can be transliterated into English as Srivisala or Shrivishala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstra

1) Śrīviśāla (श्रीविशाल):—The Sanskrit name for a classification of a ‘temple’, according to the Īśānaśivagurudevapaddhati which features a list of 52 temple types. This list represents the classification of temples in South-India.

2) Śrīviśāla (श्रीविशाल) refers to a variety of prāsāda (‘superstructure’, or, upper storey of any building), according to the Mayamata (5th-century guidebook on Dravidian architecture).

The Śrīviśāla variety in the Ekatala (‘one-storey’) group has the following decorative components:

Number of talas (levels): 1;
Shape of grīva (neck) and śikhara (head): Circular;
Number of śālas: 4 (bhadras);

The Śrīviśāla variety in the Catuṣtala (‘four-storey’) group has the following decorative components:

Number of talas (levels): 4;
Shape of grīva (neck) and śikhara (head): Circular;
Number of śālas: 12;
Number of kūṭas: 12 (circular);
Number of pañjaras: 12;
Number of alpanāsis: As many as required;

3) Śrīviśāla (श्रीविशाल) also refers to a category of gopura, which is the “tower” built above the gateway of a house, palace or Buddhist monastery.

Source: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajitāgama and Rauravāgama

Śrīviśāla (श्रीविशाल) refers to “n. of a type of flag §§ 3.35; 4.20.”.—(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shrivishala in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śrīviśāla (श्रीविशाल):—[=śrī-viśāla] [from śrī] mf(ā)n. abounding in good fortune, [Meghadūta]

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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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