Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the architecture of India, a tower-like structure marking the principal or central part of a temple. It is usually pyramidal or spire-like in shape, several stories high, and elaborately sculptured, and is assumed to contain the central and most sacred shrine.
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He suggests we stop gloating over past glory - "We made pushpaka vimana" - without comparable competence today.
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I haven't read this series yet either, but it made me curious enough to Wiki "vimana" and get an overview.
VIMANARAMA Vertigo Comics, 2005 David Campbell 2006
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The ancient Indian religious writings known as the Vedas mention a type of flying machine called a vimana.
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David Hatcher Childress-lost cities series, vimana aircraft of ancient india.
Roland Emmerich's 2012 Viral - Institute for Human Continuity « FirstShowing.net 2008
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They rampage and murder their way across the U.K. in glowing vimana spaceships because, well, they are “cruel to the weak.”
Archive 2006-09-01 David Campbell 2006
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They rampage and murder their way across the U.K. in glowing vimana spaceships because, well, they are “cruel to the weak.”
VIMANARAMA Vertigo Comics, 2005 David Campbell 2006
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In plan the vimana shrine is preceded by two or three chambers, square or polygonal, some with and some without columns.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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In all the Jaina temples the salient feature is the sikhra or _vimana_.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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+Tanjore+ is a magnificent temple with two courts, in the larger of which stands a _pagoda_ or shrine with a pyramidal vimana, unusual in
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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The plans comprise the same elements as those of the Jainas, but the Chalukyan shrine is always star-shaped externally in plan, and the vimana takes the form of a stepped pyramid instead of a curved outline.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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