Alekhya, 础濒别办丑测腻, 膧濒别办丑测补: 17 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
: Shodhganga: M膩lat墨m膩dhava of Bhavabh奴ti膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く) refers to the 鈥渁rt of portraying picture鈥� and seems to be very popular during Bhavabh奴ti鈥檚 time. In the M膩lat墨m膩dhava, Bhavabh奴ti has used the words such as citraphalaka , 肠颈迟谤补惫补谤迟颈办腻 and 腻濒颈办丑测补 to imply painting. Ladies were also expert in the art of painting as it was found that M膩lat墨 had drawn the portrait of M膩dhava. M膩dhava also drew the portrait of M膩lat墨. There is a reference of 蝉补峁僩墨迟补艣腻濒腻 i.e. music hall in the 2nd act of the M膩lat墨m膩dhava from which it can be known that people also practised the art of music. In the same act the reference of the art called 苍峁泃测补 was also found. The people had the knowledge of making garland too. In the 1st act it was known that M膩dhava had woven a garland of flowers with skillful arrangement. Thus, People of 8th century A.D. were well-versed in various fine arts like painting, music, dancing and garland making.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram础濒别办丑测腻 (啶呧げ啷囙啷嵿く啶�) refers to the 鈥渟he who is indescribable鈥�, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Having entered the Cavity of Brahm膩, he should think that it is in the Supreme Void. Then he should practice contemplation and (so) bring the supreme energy (there). O 艢ambhu, supreme (transcendent) and inferior (immanent), it shines with ripples, currents and waves within the universe filling it spontaneously right up to the Circle of Birth. Having (thus) formed the Gesture (in this way) as explained previously and raised the arm, he should extend the left hand. (This is Ku峁囜笉alin墨 who, straightened, is called) the Great Stick and is well known as 础濒别办丑测腻 (Indescribable). [...]鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く) refers to 鈥減ainters鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 16) (鈥淥n the planets鈥�graha-bhaktiyoga鈥�), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Mercury also presides over painters (腻濒别办丑测补), grammarians, mathematicians, physicians, sculptors, spies, jugglers, infants, poets, rogues, tale-bearers, black-magicians, messengers, eunuchs, buffoons, sorcerers and conjurers; over sentinels, dancers and dancing masters; over ghee, gingelly and other oils; over seeds, over bitter flavour, over observers of religious ceremonies, over chemists and mules鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kama)膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く) or 鈥減ainting鈥� refers to one of the 鈥渟ixty four kinds of Art鈥�, according to the K膩mas奴tra of V膩tsy膩ya峁嘺.鈥擨ndian tradition, basically includes sixty four Art forms are acknowledged. The references of sixty four kinds of 办补濒腻 are found in the Bh膩gavatapur膩峁嘺, 艢aiva-Tantras, K膩mas奴tra of V膩tsy膩ya峁嘺 etc.
Kamashastra (啶曕ぞ啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 办腻尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary膩l膿khya (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く).鈥攏 S Drawing, tracing, describing figures: also writing. One of the sixty-four arts. See 肠补耻蝉补峁ａ弓补办补岣纺�.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English膩l膿khya (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く).鈥�n Drawing, tracing; writing.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く).鈥�pot. p.
1) To be written, painted &c.
-khyam A painting, picture; 啶囙い啶� 啶膏啶班ぎ啷嵿き啶苦ぃ啷� 啶掂ぞ啶｀啶班啶げ啶膏啶ぞ啶侧啶栢啶う啷囙さ啶むぞ啶� (iti sa峁價ambhi峁噊 v膩峁嚹玶balasy腻濒别办丑测补devat膩岣�) 艢i艣up膩lavadha 2.67; R.3.15; V.2.1.
2) A writing.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く).鈥攐r (v.l.) 膩lekha, m., 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 5234, defined Tibetan and Chin. as synonym of vipratis膩ra, kauk峁泃ya, and vilekha, vilekhya, qq.v.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く).鈥攎fn.
(-办丑测补岣�-办丑测腻-办丑测补峁�) 1. To be written. 2. To be delineated or painted. n.
(-办丑测补峁�) 1. A painting. 2. A writing. E. 腻峁� before likh to write, 峁噛补迟 aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く).鈥擺neuter] painting, picture.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く):鈥擺=腻-濒别办丑测补] [from 腻-濒颈办丑] mfn. to be written or delineated or painted
2) [v.s. ...] n. writing, painting
3) [v.s. ...] a picture, portrait, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺; 艢akuntal膩; Vikramorva艣墨]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く):鈥擺腻-濒别办丑测补] (办丑测补峁�) 1. n. Painting; writing.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 膧濒别办办丑补, 膧濒别办办丑颈测补.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus膧l膿khya (嗖嗋膊喑囙矕喑嵿帛):鈥擺adjective] to be written or fit to be written, drawn (as a diagram, graph, etc.).
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膧l膿khya (嗖嗋膊喑囙矕喑嵿帛):鈥�
1) [noun] a written, painted symbol, picture, graph or a diagram.
2) [noun] a sketch, diagram or drawing of a painting and the like drawn by an artist; a form given as the plan or scheme to an artist.
3) [noun] the art of writing pictures; painting.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Alekhya (啶呧げ啷囙啷嵿く):鈥攁dj. 1. non-written; unwritten; 2. unwritable; 3. affluent; rich; wealthy;
2) 膧濒别办丑测补 (啶嗋げ啷囙啷嵿く):鈥攁dj. fit to write; eligible to be written;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Alekhyadevata, Alekhyagate, Alekhyalekha, Alekhyapurusha, Alekhyasamarpita, Alekhyashesha, Alekhyayamtra.
Full-text (+8): Alekhyashesha, Alekhyasamarpita, Alekhyapurusha, Alekhyalekha, Gudhalekhya, Alekhyadevata, Lekhakshara, Alekkha, Alekkhiya, Patracchedya, Kirtishesha, Vilekhya, Unmilana, Unmila, Painting, Vilekha, Lekhya, Virasangha, Yoginisangha, Kala.
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Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 3 - Art and Architecture in the M膩lat墨m膩dhava and 8th-century India < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects of the M膩lat墨m膩dhava]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
3. A General Note on Art < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by 艢r墨la R奴pa Gosv膩m墨)
Verse 2.1.86 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibh膩va)]
Gita-govinda of Jayadeva (comparative study) (by Manisha Misra)
9. Reflected art forms < [Chapter 3 - A Critical and Musical study of the Gita-Govinda]
Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) (by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah)
16.1. Drawing and Painting < [Chapter 6 - Other Socio-Cultural Aspects]
1. Similarities (8): Art and Architecture < [Chapter 8 - Comparative Society as described in the K膩dambar墨 and the Har峁carita]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada D膩sa)
Text 1.12 < [Chapter 1 - The Purpose of Poetry]