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Installing means something in the history of ancient India. 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.
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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Installing (canopies) was part of celebrations in ancient India during the “grand festival” (Mahotsava) of the coronation of a crown prince (yuvarāja-abhiṣeka), as depicted in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 199: Here is described yuvarāja-abhiṣeka-mahotsava when the city of Ayodhyā put on gala appearance by means of beautifying streets, [...] making offerings on the cross roads, beginning dramatic performances, hoisting of the lion banners, installing canopies, cloth pieces were being torn in proper pieces pālī for being wrapped round the post, pendants like the Kaṭisūtra ornaments were hung from the ceilings of doorways and walls of the houses, the great jewels were being taken out and put on show in the treasury [...]”.
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The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 76 - Installation of Śiva’s image (śivamūrti-pratiṣṭhā) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 46 - Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
Chapter 11 - The superhuman magnificence of Śiva < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 235 - Greatness of Liṅgatraya < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 219 - Greatness of Mārkaṇḍeyeśvara (Mārkaṇḍeya-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 221 - The Greatness of Haṃseśvara (haṃsa-īśvara-tīrtha) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.23.12 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]
Verse 1.9.57 < [Chapter 9 - Nityānanda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
Sridhara of Suresvara family inscription (Thiruvalathur) < [Chapter 1 - Historical details from Sanskrit Inscriptions]
Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Alvars during the Pallava period < [Chapter 3 - Socio-Religious Life]
Nayanmars during the Pallava period < [Chapter 3 - Socio-Religious Life]
Scheme of Pallava Sculptures < [Chapter 2 - Origin of Sculptural Art—Its Development and Scheme]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 51 - Review of holy rites < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]
Chapter 34 - The delusion of Viṣṇu and Brahmā (1) < [Section 7.2 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (2)]
Chapter 50 - Śukra learns Mṛtasañjīvanī lore < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
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