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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शिल्पम्śilpamAn art, a fine or mechanical art; (64 such arts are enumerated).
[शिल्-पक् Uṇ.3.28]
1. An art, a fine or mechanical art; (64 such arts are enumerated).
2. Skill (in any art); craft; शिल्पोपचारयुक्ताश्च निपुणाः पण्ययोषितः Ms.9.259; पात्रविशेषे न्यस्तं गुणान्तरं व्रजति शिल्पमाधातुः M. 1.6.
3. Ingenuity, cleverness.
4. Work, manual work or labour; विसर्गरत्यर्त्यभिजल्पशिल्पाः Bhāg.5.11.1.
5. A rite, ceremony.
6. A kind of ladle or spoon used at sacrifices.
7. Form, shape.
8. Creation, procreation.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कर्मन् Neuter, -क्रिया any manual labour, handicraft.
- -कारः, -कारकः, -कारिका, -कारिन् Masculine an artisan, a mechanic; Kau. Atmanepada 1.1.
- -गृहम्, -गेहम् a workshop, manufactory.
- -जीविन् an artisan, a mechanic.
- -विद्या
  
  mechanical science.
  
  any manual skill, handicraft.
- -शालम्, -ला a workshop, manufactory (a technical school).
- -शास्त्रम्
  
  a book on any art, fine or mechanical.
  
  mechanics.
- -स्थानम् skill in art; Buddh.
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