Hastapatra, Hasta-patra: 4 definitions
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Hastapatra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩straHastapatra (啶灌じ啷嵿い啶い啷嵿ぐ) refers to a type of ornament (腻产丑补谤补峁嘺) for the fingers (补峁単耻濒颈) to be worn by females, according to N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 23. Hastapatra is composed of the Sanskrit words hasta (hand) and patra (leaf). Such ornaments for females should be used in cases of human females and celestial beings (gods and goddesses).
膧bhara峁嘺 (鈥榦rnaments鈥�, eg., hastapatra) is a category of 补濒补峁僰腻谤补, or 鈥渄ecorations鈥�, which in turn is a category of nepathya, or 鈥渃ostumes and make-up鈥�, the perfection of which forms the main concern of the 膧h膩ry膩bhinaya, or 鈥渆xtraneous representation鈥�, a critical component for a successful dramatic play.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Shodhganga: Vaisnava Agamas And Visnu ImagesHastapatra (啶灌じ啷嵿い啶い啷嵿ぐ) refers to a 鈥渂racelet with design of creepers鈥� and represents a type of 鈥渉and-ornaments鈥� (丑补蝉迟补产丑奴峁峁嘺), as defined in treatises such as the P膩帽car膩tra, P膩dmasa峁僪it膩 and Vaikh膩nasa-膩gamas, extensively dealing with the technical features of temple art, iconography and architecture in Vaishnavism.鈥擳here are a number of ornaments for hand and arms. According to Bharata, [viz., 办补濒腻辫墨 (string of pearls), 艣补峁卥丑补 (bracelet of conches), hastapatra (bracelet with design of creepers), 辫奴谤补办补 (a flat bracelet) are the ornament for hand fist and upper part of wrist; and rings are meant for fingers].
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusHastapatra (嗖灌哺喑嵿菠嗖菠喑嵿舶):鈥�
1) [noun] a (usu.) single sheet of paper containing some publicity matter printed, written on, for purpose of distribution widely; a pamphlet.
2) [noun] (gen.) something written by hand; a manuscript.
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 DictionaryHastapatra (啶灌じ啷嵿い啶い啷嵿ぐ):鈥攏. hands-out;
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)
Partial matches: Patra, Hasta.
Full-text: Hastapatrike, Hastpatr, Puraka, Kalapi, Kataka, Hastabhushana, Shankha.
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Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
2.6. Various other Finger Ornaments < [Chapter 3 - Ornaments]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)