Category: ArtsPart of speech: nounDifficulty: AdvancedRecommended for ★ UPSC
शिल्पकला
/shilpakala/Roman
English meaning: Sculpture
Definition
The art of making three-dimensional forms. The Ellora caves represent a UNESCO World Heritage Site with extraordinary Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain sculptures carved between 6th-11th centuries CE. The Kailasa Temple at Ellora is one of the world's largest rock-cut monolithic structures.
Example
“एलोऱ्याच्या लेण्यांमधील शिल्पकला जागतिक वास्तुकलेचा अद्भुत नमुना आहे.”
In English: “The sculpture of Ellora caves is a wonderful example of world architecture.”
Literary Heritage
“मराठी असे आमुची मायबोली, हिच्यासाठी झिजवू आपुली कांती”
/marāṭhī ase āmuci māyabolī, hicyāsāṭhī jhijhavū āpulī kāntī/
“Marathi is our mother tongue; for her sake we shall wear ourselves away.”
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Language information
- Language
- मराठी
- Marathi
- Script
- Devanagari
- Family
- Indo-Aryan
- Speakers
- 95M