Dashamahavidya, Daśamahāvidyā, Dashan-mahavidya: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Daśamahāvidyā can be transliterated into English as Dasamahavidya or Dashamahavidya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Google Books: Papers on Art and EpigraphyDaśamahāvidyā (दशमहाविद्या) or Daśamahāvidyārahasya is discussed in the eighth chapter of the Saudhikāgama: an unpublished Sanskrit text of encyclopaedic nature on Orissan temple architecture, town planning and iconography comprising about 4457 verses divided into nine chapters.—Chapter eight concerns the Śaktirahasya (i.e., the Navadurgārahasya, Daśamahāvidyā-rahasya and Saptamātṛkārahasya) and their pañjaras.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDaśamahāvidyā (दशमहाविद्या).—Name of Durgā.
Daśamahāvidyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daśan and mahāvidyā (महाविद्या). See also (synonyms): daśabhujā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaśamahāvidyā (दशमहाविद्या).—f.
(-dyā) Durga. E. daśa ten, (forms, or names,) mahā great, and vidyā a name of Durga.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumDaśamahāvidyā (दशमहाविद्या) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] Ak 984.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaśamahāvidyā (दशमहाविद्या):—[=daśa-mahā-vidyā] [from daśa] f. ‘possessing the 10 great sciences’, Durgā, [Horace H. Wilson]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dasa, Vidya, Mahavidya, Tacan.
Starts with: Dasha Mahavidya, Dashamahavidyarahasya.
Ends with: Dasha Mahavidya.
Full-text: Dasha Mahavidya, Dashabhuja.
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