vimanan.

/viˈmɑːnə/

Etymology: Sanskrit.

India.

1. The central tower enclosing the shrine in an Indian temple.

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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > enclosing shrine in Indian temple

vimana1863

1863 Chambers's Encycl. V. 552/1 The temples consist of the temple or vimana, in front of which is the pillared porch or mantopa, [etc.].

1891 J. Fergusson Hist. Indian & Eastern Archit. ii. ii. 221 There is one other peculiarity common to both Jaina and Hindu architecture..It is the form of the towers or spires called Sikras, or Vimanas, which invariably surmount the cells in which the images are placed.

1913 L. D. Barnett Antiq. India x. 233 When for the Buddhist relic is substituted the image or emblem of a god, the apse is changed into a closed cella, with a door, and its place as the holy of holies in the structure is marked by a spire or śikhara, forming with the cella a vimāna.

1969 Hindu Weekly Mag. (Madras) 3 Aug. p. ii/5 He made a bold departure by making the ‘vimana’, the tower over the sanctum sanctorum, dominate the entire scheme of temple construction.

2. Mythology. A heavenly chariot.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Indian or Hindu > vehicle of

vahana1810

vimana1946

1946 S. Kramrisch Hindu Temple II. 344 Their bodies inflated by air race in gusts across the atmosphere, support the Vimānas, the chariots of the gods.

1979 W. H. Canaway Solid Gold Buddha xv. 106 I've heard of a vimana, a sky chariot. Have you ever thought of using one of those things in the show?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	vimana
释义	vimanan. /viˈmɑːnə/ Etymology: Sanskrit. India. 1. The central tower enclosing the shrine in an Indian temple. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > enclosing shrine in Indian temple vimana1863 1863 Chambers's Encycl. V. 552/1 The temples consist of the temple or vimana, in front of which is the pillared porch or mantopa, [etc.]. 1891 J. Fergusson Hist. Indian & Eastern Archit. ii. ii. 221 There is one other peculiarity common to both Jaina and Hindu architecture..It is the form of the towers or spires called Sikras, or Vimanas, which invariably surmount the cells in which the images are placed. 1913 L. D. Barnett Antiq. India x. 233 When for the Buddhist relic is substituted the image or emblem of a god, the apse is changed into a closed cella, with a door, and its place as the holy of holies in the structure is marked by a spire or śikhara, forming with the cella a vimāna. 1969 Hindu Weekly Mag. (Madras) 3 Aug. p. ii/5 He made a bold departure by making the ‘vimana’, the tower over the sanctum sanctorum, dominate the entire scheme of temple construction. 2. Mythology. A heavenly chariot. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Indian or Hindu > vehicle of vahana1810 vimana1946 1946 S. Kramrisch Hindu Temple II. 344 Their bodies inflated by air race in gusts across the atmosphere, support the Vimānas, the chariots of the gods. 1979 W. H. Canaway Solid Gold Buddha xv. 106 I've heard of a vimana, a sky chariot. Have you ever thought of using one of those things in the show? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1863
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