Talk:Viśvakarma

By Swami Harshananda

Viśvakarma literally means ‘maker of every object’.

Viśvakarma was the famous architect, engineer and sculptor of the gods. As his very name suggests, he was the maker of practically every imaginable product. He was the son of Prabhāsa^[1] and Yogasiddhi.

When he had completed his gurukulavāsa^[2] his guru and his family made some impossible demands as gurudakṣiṇā^[3] such as an eternally new house, indestructible cloths and so on. He performed tapas, pleased Śiva and got divine power by which he became an expert in all the fields of arts and crafts. He is said to have shaped the Sudarśana disc of Viṣṇu out of a part of Surya’s^[4] orb.

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↑ Prabhāsa is one of the eight Vasus.
↑ Gurukulavāsa means living in the house of the guru for education.
↑ Gurudakṣiṇā means fees.
↑ Surya means Sun-god.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

[1] Prabhāsa is one of the eight Vasus.

[2] Gurukulavāsa means living in the house of the guru for education.

[3] Gurudakṣiṇā means fees.

[4] Surya means Sun-god.

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