Category:Visvakarma
Visvakarma
- Viśvakarmā
- the heavenly architect
- son of Vāstu and Āṅgirasī
- husband of Ākṛtī
- father of Cākṣuṣa Manu, Barhiṣmatī, Saṁjñā and Chāyā
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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Pages in category "Visvakarma"
The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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- From Angirasi, the wife of the Vasu named Vastu, was born the great architect Visvakarma
- From Angirasi, the wife of the Vasu named Vastu, was born the great architect Visvakarma. Visvakarma became the husband of Akrti, from whom the Manu named Caksusa was born. The sons of Manu were known as the Visvadevas and Sadhyas
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- Maharaja Priyavrata married Barhismati, the daughter of the prajapati named Visvakarma. In her he begot ten sons equal to him in beauty, character, magnanimity and other qualities. He also begot a daughter, the youngest of all, named Urjasvati
- Maharaja Priyavrata not only carried out the order of Lord Brahma by accepting the duties of government, but also married Barhismati, the daughter of Visvakarma, one of the prajapatis
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- The doors (of the city of Indra) were made of solid gold plates, and the gates were of excellent marble. These were linked by various public roads. The entire city had been constructed by Visvakarma
- The moon-demigod presented King Prthu with horses made of nectar, and the demigod Visvakarma presented him with a very beautiful chariot
- The palace had been directly constructed by the demigod architect Visvakarma and was as beautifully made as if the goddess of fortune of the entire universe resided there
- The walls as well as the arches between the pillars glowed from the decorations of different kinds of sapphires. Throughout the palace were many canopies made by Visvakarma that were decorated with strings of pearls
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- Visvakarma is the engineer or architect for the palatial buildings in the heavenly planets
- Visvakarma, one of the prajapatis, supplied varieties of decorated ornaments. The goddess of learning, Sarasvati, supplied a necklace, Lord Brahma supplied a lotus flower, and the inhabitants of Nagaloka supplied earrings
- Visvakarma, the famous heavenly architect, is known as the constructor of many wonderful buildings in the upper planets