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Archives Glossary of special terms (931)

stambha

(also stambham, Tamil: ஸ்தம்பம்) Pillar (cf. kambam, pada);

stambha-torana

Entrance decoration or free-standing decorated entrance without doors and with a festoon spanning the tops of two columns, the festoon primarily being a garland of leaves and flowers, later on taking the form one or more curved and decorated cross-bars,… Continue Reading →

stambham

(also stambha, Tamil: ஸ்தம்பம்) Pillar (cf. kambam, pada);

sthāna

Sthāna (स्थान) refers to ‘standing posture’ (cf. Sthānaka or Sthanaka). The six different kinds of sthānas are as follows: Vaisnava, Sampāda, Vaisakha, Mandala, Alidha, Pratyalidha.

sthana-hara

necklet touching the breasts

sthānaka

Sthānaka or Sthanaka (स्थानक) refers to ‘standing posture’ (cf. sthāna). The sthānaka in iconography has two typs: samapada-sthānaka and kayotsarga-sthānaka.

sthanaka

Sthanaka or Sthānaka (स्थानक) refers to ‘standing posture’ (cf. sthāna). The sthānaka in iconography has two typs: samapada-sthānaka and kayotsarga-sthānaka.

sthānāsana

Sthānāsana or Sthanāsana (स्थानासन) refers to the posture dependent on the sthāna, and represents one of the five types of āsana.

sthanāsana

Sthanāsana or Sthānāsana (स्थानासन) refers to the posture dependent on the sthāna, and represents one of the five types of āsana.

sthapati

artisans, architects, artists, metal sculptors, makers of icons, master builder, sculptor

stupi

(also stupika, Tamil: ஸ்தூபி) Finial, morphologically the ushnisha, taking in later times the form of a purna ghata or purna kumbha, forming the topmost or ultimate member of the vimana, gopura or any other structure.; pot-shaped crowning element over the… Continue Reading →

stupika

(also stupi, Tamil: ஸ்தூபி) Finial, morphologically the ushnisha, taking in later times the form of a purna ghata or purna kumbha, forming the topmost or ultimate member of the vimana, gopura or any other structure.; pot-shaped crowning element over the… Continue Reading →

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