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  2. Shilpa Shastras - Wikipedia

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    Shilpa Shastras (Sanskrit: शिल्प शास्त्र śilpa śāstra) literally means the Science of Shilpa (arts and crafts). [1] [2] It is an ancient umbrella term for numerous Hindu texts that describe arts, crafts, and their design rules, principles and standards.

  3. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from charpoy चारपाई,چارپائی Teen payi (तीन पाय) in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "three legged" or "coffee table". [26] Thug from Thagi ठग,ٹھگ Thag in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "thief or con man". [27] Tickety-boo possibly from Hindi ठीक है, बाबू (ṭhīk hai, bābū), meaning "it's all right, sir". [28]

  4. Sculpture in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Sculpture in the Indian subcontinent, partly because of the climate of the Indian subcontinent makes the long-term survival of organic materials difficult, essentially consists of sculpture of stone, metal or terracotta. It is clear there was a great deal of painting, and sculpture in wood and ivory, during these periods, but there are only a ...

  5. Apsara - Wikipedia

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    Apsaras on Hindu Temple at Banares, 1913. The origin of 'apsara' is the Sanskrit अप्सरस्, apsaras (in the stem form, which is the dictionary form). Note that the stem-form ends in 's' as distinct from, e.g. the nominative singular Rāmas / Rāmaḥ (the deity Ram in Hindi), whose stem form is Rāma.

  6. Murti - Wikipedia

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    In the Hindu tradition, a murti (Sanskrit: मूर्ति, romanized: mūrti, lit. ' form, embodiment, or solid object ') [1] is a devotional image, such as a statue or icon, of a deity or saint [2] used during puja and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing devotion or reverence - whether at Hindu temples or shrines.

  7. Salabhanjika - Wikipedia

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    Salabhanjika, Hoysala era sculpture, Belur, Karnataka, India. A salabhanjika or shalabhanjika is a term found in Indian art and literature with a variety of meanings. In Buddhist art, it means an image of a woman or yakshi next to, often holding, a tree, or a reference to Maya under the sala tree giving birth to Siddhartha (Buddha). [1]

  8. Gopuram - Wikipedia

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    A gopuram or gopura (Tamil: கோபுரம், Telugu: గోపురం, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ, Malayalam: ഗോപുരം) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South Indian architecture of the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana, [1] and Sri Lanka.

  9. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    The term Modern Standard Hindi is commonly used to specifically refer the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as Hindi in a wider sense.