Pushpagandika, 笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻, Pushpa-gandika: 9 definitions
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Pushpagandika 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.
The Sanskrit term 笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻 can be transliterated into English as Puspagandika or Pushpagandika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩stra笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻 (啶啶粪啶啶｀啶∴た啶曕ぞ) refers to one of the twelve types of 濒腻蝉测补, or 鈥済entle form of dance鈥� according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 20. These various 濒腻蝉测补 are presented as a specific type of dramatic play (苍腻峁瓂补) similar to that of the Bh膩峁嘺 type
: archive.org: Natya Shastra笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻 (啶啶粪啶啶｀啶∴た啶曕ぞ).鈥擮ne of the twelve types of 濒腻蝉测补;鈥擶hen a woman in the guise of a man recites something sweetly in Sanskrit 铆or the pleasure of her female friends, it is an instance of the 笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻.
Source: svAbhinava: Abhinavagupta鈥檚 Treatment of the 濒腻蝉测腻峁単补s笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻 (啶啶粪啶啶｀啶∴た啶曕ぞ).鈥擮ne of the ten type of 濒腻蝉测腻峁単补, or 鈥榚lements of the gentle dance鈥�;鈥擨n it there is the use of various meters in which the songs are composed and there is the resort to (the imitation of) the ac tions of men by women. In place of 惫峁泃迟腻苍颈 (鈥榤ode of behavior鈥�) the other reading is 苍峁泃迟腻苍颈 (鈥榙ance sequences鈥�). According to this reading there would be the use of various dances in it. It has the delicate performa nce of the characters, rendered striking by the mixture of the playing of the stringed, wind and percussion instruments. Abhinava says that this 补峁単补 is so called due to its similarity with a garland, which has the striking variety of the employment of song, dance and verbal composition.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣膩stra) 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).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻 (啶啶粪啶啶｀啶∴た啶曕ぞ).鈥擭ame of a kind of farce (in which men act as women and women as men); S. D.
笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 辫耻峁补 and 驳补峁囜笉颈办腻 (啶椸ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶苦啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻 (啶啶粪啶啶｀啶∴た啶曕ぞ).鈥攆.
(-办腻) Contrary purpose or effort of a man and woman.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻 (啶啶粪啶啶｀啶∴た啶曕ぞ):鈥擺=辫耻峁补-驳补峁囜笉颈办腻] [from 辫耻峁补 > pu峁�] f. Name of a kind of farce in which men act as women and women as men, [Bharata-苍腻峁瓂补-艣膩stra; S膩hitya-darpa峁嘺] (鈥榗ontrary purpose or effort of man and woman鈥� [Horace H. Wilson])
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔耻峁补驳补峁囜笉颈办腻 (啶啶粪啶啶｀啶∴た啶曕ぞ):鈥擺辫耻峁补-驳补峁囜笉颈办腻] (办腻) 1. f. Reversed effort.
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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.
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Partial matches: Pushpa, Gandika.
Full-text: Lasya, Lasyanga, Natyangani.
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