शिल्प [शिल्-पक्]
1 An art, a fine or mechanical art; (64 such arts are enumerated).
2 Skill (in any art); craft; पात्रविशेषन्यस्तं गुणांतरं व्रजति शिल्पमाधातुः M. 1. 6.
3 Ingenuity, cleverness.
4 Work, manual work or labour.
5 A rite, ceremony.
6 A kind of ladle or spoon used at sacrifices.
7 Form, shape.
8 Creation, procreation.
−Comp.
−कर्मन्, n.,
−क्रिया any manual labour, handicraft. −कारः, −का- रकः, −कारिन् m. an artisan, a mechanic.
−विद्या 1. mechanical science. −2. any manual skill, handicraft. −शालं, −ला a workshop, manufactory (a technical school).
−शास्त्रं
1. a book on any art, fine or mechanical. −2. mechanics.