Kangula, 碍腻峁単耻濒补, 碍补峁単耻濒补, Kamgula: 10 definitions
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩stra碍腻峁単耻濒补 (啶曕ぞ啶權啶椸啶�) refers to a gesture (腻峁単颈办补) made with a 鈥榮ingle hand鈥� (补蝉补峁儁耻迟补), according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 8. The hands (hasta) form a part of the human body which represents one of the six major limbs (补峁単补) used in dramatic performance. With these limbs are made the various gestures (腻峁単颈办补), which form a part of the histrionic representation (abhinaya).
: archive.org: Natya Shastra碍腻峁単耻濒补 (啶曕ぞ啶權啶椸啶�).鈥擜 type of gesture (腻峁単颈办补) made with a single hand (补蝉补峁儁耻迟补-hasta);鈥�(Instructions): The middle and the fore-fingers and the thumb to be separated and the ring finger to be bent but the little finger raised.
(Uses): By this are to be represented immature fruits of various kinds and angry words of women.
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)K膩峁単奴la (啶曕ぞ啶權啶椸啶�) refers to one of the twenty-two 础蝉补峁儁耻办迟补丑补蝉迟补蝉 or 鈥渟ingle hand gestures鈥� (in Indian Dramas), according to the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.鈥擳he 丑补蝉迟补-尘耻诲谤腻蝉 (lit. 鈥渉and-gestures鈥�) are very essential to denote some particular action or state in dancing and these 尘耻诲谤腻蝉 are formed with the help of hands and fingers.鈥擨n 办腻峁単奴濒补-丑补蝉迟补, the middle finger is set between the forefinger and thumb while the ring finger is bent and the little finger is quite upward. According to the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, this posture is used to denote fruits. In the 础产丑颈苍补测补诲补谤辫补峁嘺, this posture is said to indicate things as fruits, bell, birds like cakora and 肠腻迟补办补, coconut etc.
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).
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary碍补峁単耻濒补 (啶曕啷嵿啷佮げ).鈥擳he hand.
Derivable forms: 办补峁単耻濒补岣� (啶曕啷嵿啷佮げ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍补峁単耻濒补 (啶曕啷嵿啷佮げ).鈥攎.
(-濒补岣�) The hand.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍补峁単耻濒补 (啶曕啷嵿啷佮げ):鈥�m. a particular position of the hand, [Pur膩峁嘺-sarvasva]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍补峁単耻濒补 (啶曕啷嵿啷佮げ):鈥�(濒补岣�) 1. m. The hand.
[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 corpusK膩峁僩奴la (嗖曕簿嗖傕矖喑傕膊):鈥擺noun] (dance.) a single-hand gesture with slightly hollowed palm, bending the ring-finger, stretching the little finger slightly backward, other two fingers and thumb straightened and held like the eye of a coconut.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kangulahasta, Kankulam.
Full-text: Kangulahasta, Virikankulam, Mukilkankulam, Fruit, Coconut, Bird, Kankulam, Agni, Bell, Asamyuta, Inaiya-vinaikai, Natai.
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Hastalaksanadipika a critical edition and study (by E. K. Sudha)
3. Relevance of the Abhinaya-darpana < [Chapter 3 - Later developments of dramatic techniques]
3. Gestures employed in Kathakali and Kutiyattam against Hastalaksanadipika < [Chapter 3 - Later developments of dramatic techniques]
5. study of Balaramabharata < [Chapter 3 - Later developments of dramatic techniques]
Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study) (by Padma Sugavanam)
Part 2.2 - Contents of Dattilakohal墨yam < [Chapter 4 - Works attributed to Kohala]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)