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Totaka, մṭa첹: 16 definitions

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Totaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

մṭa첹 (तोटक).—A Chandas in which Bāṇāsura prayed to Śiva who blessed him with immortality.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 188. 66 and 72.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

1) մṭa첹 (तोटक) refers to a type of syllabic metre (ṛtٲ), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the third, the sixth, the ninth and the twelfth syllables of a foot () are heavy (guru), while the rest of the syllables are light (laghu).

⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦
⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦

մṭa첹 falls in the Jagatī class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four 岹s (‘foot� or ‘quarter-verse�) containing twelve syllables each.

2) մṭa첹 (तोटक, “quarreling�) represents one of the thirteen garbhasandhi, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 21. Garbhasandhi refers to the �segments (sandhi) of the development part (garbha)� and represents one of the five segments of the plot (itiṛtٲ or vastu) of a dramatic composition (ṭa첹).

(Description of մṭa첹): An angry speech is called Quarrel (ٴṭa첹).

3) մṭa첹 (तोटक) is the name of a meter belonging to the Natkuṭa class described in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 32:—“the metre which has in its feet of twelve syllables the third, the sixth, the ninth, and the last long, is ٴṭa첹�.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, 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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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

1) մṭa첹 (तोटक) refers to one of the 27 metres mentioned in the Suṛtٲtilaka ascribed to ṣeԻ (11th century). The Suṛtٲtilaka is a monumental work of Sanskrit prosody considered as unique in its nature. In this work ṣeԻ neither introduces any new metre nor discusses all the metres used in his time. He discusses 27 popular metres (e.g., մṭa첹) which were used frequently by the poets.

2) մṭa첹 (तोटक) is the alternative name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) mentioned by Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the 󲹲ԻDzԳśԲ. մṭa첹 corresponds to Mātrāsamaka. Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of ṇa or letters do not differ.

3) մṭa첹 (तोटक) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by ñṇḍ (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. ñṇḍ was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., մṭa첹) in 20 verses.

4) մṭa첹 (तोटक) refers to one of the 34 varṇaṛtٲs (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the ṛtٲṇiñūṣ�, whose authorship could be traced (also see the “New Catalogus Catalogorum� XXXI. p. 7).

5) մṭa첹 (तोटक) refers to one of the seventy-two sama-varṇaṛtٲ (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th chapter of the Ծܰṇa. The Ծܰṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the ٴṭa첹 metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

tōṭakā (तोटक�).�& ōṭa m Commonly ōḍa.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

tōṭakā (तोटक�).�m Verification of a prediction; See ōḍa.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

մṭa첹 (तोटक).�a. Quarrelsome.

-첹� Name of a commentator.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

մṭa첹 (तोटक).�m. or nt., name of a meter: °ka-vṛttena ṅk屹-ūٰ 4.5, referring to the preceding three verses, the 岹 scheme of which seems to be —u—uuu—uux, which is inconsistent with Piṅgala's scheme of the ٴṭa첹, ISt. 8.378 f., uu—uu—uu-uu-.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

մṭa첹 (तोटक).—n.

(-첹�) A measure or verse, a stanza, each line containing twelve syllables.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

մṭa첹 (तोटक).—[adjective] quarrelsome; [neuter] violent speech, [Name] of a metre & a kind of drama.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) մṭa첹 (तोटक):�mfn. (= ٰ�) quarrelsome, [Chanda�-sūtra vi, 31], [Halāy.]

2) m. Name of a venomous insect, [Suśruta v, 3]

3) of a pupil of Śaṃkarācārya, [Saṃkṣepa-śaṃkara-vijaya]

4) n. angry speech, [Daśarūpa i, 40; Pratāparudrīya]

5) a metre of 4 x 12 syllables

6) See also ٰ�.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Totaka in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ṭoṭakā (टोटक�):�(nm) a superstitious remedy, sorcerous act, magical charm; an amulet.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tōṭaka (ತೋಟಕ):—[noun] (pros.) a kind of metre having twelve syllables in each line.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Totaka in Pali glossary

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

ٴṭa첹�

(Burmese text): (�-ဂိုဏ်� �-ခ�-ရှ�-တို့ဖြင့� မှတ်အပ�-သေ�) တော�(�)က ဂါထာ။

(Auto-Translation): (The text is a verse known as the "Gatha" dedicated to the four groups of beings.)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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