Prahelika, Pra-helika, 笔谤补丑别濒颈办腻: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: svAbhinava: Abhinava's Conception of Humor笔谤补丑别濒颈办腻 (啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶�) refers to an 鈥渆nigma鈥�.鈥擜bhinava explains that the 辫谤补丑别濒颈办腻 is an answer that is intended to perplex others, and hence when this is done with a dose of humor it is called 苍腻濒颈办腻, 辫谤补峁嚹乴颈办腻 or 惫测腻箩腻. The 丑别濒颈办腻 is a sport, like narma, etc., and the 辫谤补丑别濒颈办腻 is where these features are fully (pra-) developed. As example, he offers the scene from Act II.14 of Ratn膩val墨 that he will again cite as an instance of that he will again cite as an instance of 苍补谤尘补蝉辫丑辞峁璦 based on the element of 丑腻蝉补 (see chap. VIII, p. ???, note 57 above). Through Susa峁単at膩鈥檚 double-entendre (产丑补峁単颈) on the picture-board, the (vital) matter is both hidden and brought to the heart.
The 辫谤补丑别濒颈办腻 is intended to bewilder and perplex others and the hiding of the meaning in Abhinava鈥檚 example is given by some commentators as the essential meaning of the root pra+valh: 鈥湵拾钩蟊鸨艟卑炷錽 are useful in amusements of sportive assemblies for (secret) communication between those adept in their techniques in a place crowded with other (uninitiated) people who have to kept in a state of bewilderment (i.e., off-guard).鈥�
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).
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kama)笔谤补丑别濒颈办腻 (啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶�) refers to 鈥渃omposing and solving riddles and rhymes鈥� and represents 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 Dictionaryprah膿lik膩 (啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶�).鈥攆 S An enigma or a riddle; an enigmatical or a puzzling question.
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笔谤补丑别濒颈办腻 (啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶�).鈥�f., [辫谤补丑别濒颈办腻] A riddle, an enigma, a conundrum. It is thus defined in the 啶掂た啶︵啷嵿ぇ啶啶栢ぎ啶｀啶∴え (惫颈诲补驳诲丑补尘耻办丑补尘补峁囜笉补苍补) :-- 啶掂啶啷嵿い啷�啶曕啶む啶� 啶曕ぎ啶啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷傕お啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶膏啶� 啶椸啶え啶距い啷� 啷� 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶ぞ啶灌啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶距さ啶班啶ム 啶曕ぅ啷嵿く啷囙い啷� 啶膏ぞ 啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶� (vyakt墨k峁泃ya kamapyartha峁� svar奴p膩rthasya gopan膩t | yatra b膩hy膩ntar膩varthau kathyete s膩 辫谤补丑别濒颈办腻). It is 啶嗋ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷� (腻谤迟丑墨) or 啶多ぞ啶啶︵ (艣腻产诲墨); 啶むぐ啷佮ぃ啷嵿く啶距げ啶苦啷嵿啶苦い啶� 啶曕ぃ啷嵿啷� 啶ㄠた啶むぎ啷嵿が- 啶膏啶ムげ啶ぞ啶多啶班た啶む 啷� 啶椸啶班啶｀ぞ啶� 啶膏え啷嵿え啶苦ぇ啶距え啷囙そ啶た 啶曕 啶曕啶溹い啶� 啶啶灌啶班啶啶灌啶� (taru峁噛膩li峁単ita岣� ka峁囜弓he nitamba- sthalam膩艣rita岣� | gur奴峁嚹佱箖 sannidh膩ne'pi ka岣� k奴jati muhurmuhu岣�) (where the answer is 墨峁诲奴苍补箩补濒补辫奴谤峁嘺办耻尘产丑补岣�) is an instance of the former kind; 啶膏う啶距ぐ啶苦ぎ啶о啶ぞ啶た 啶� 啶掂啶班た啶啶曕啶むぞ 啶ㄠた啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶曕啶むぞ啶啶じ啶苦い啷堗さ 啶ㄠた啶む啶ぎ啷� 啷� 啶ぅ啷嬥啷嵿い啶掂ぞ啶︵た啶ㄠ啶お啶� 啶ㄠ啶� 啶︵啶む 啶曕ぞ 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶むた 啶ㄠた啶掂啶︵く啶距ざ啷� (sad膩rimadhy膩pi na vairiyukt膩 nit膩ntarakt膩pyasitaiva nityam | yathoktav膩dinyapi naiva d奴t墨 k膩 n膩ma k膩nteti niveday膩艣u) || (where the answer is 蝉腻谤颈办腻), of the latter. Da峁囜笉in, however, mentions 16 different kinds of 啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶� (辫谤补丑别濒颈办腻); see K膩v.3.96-124.
See also (synonyms): praheli.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔谤补丑别濒颈办腻 (啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶�).鈥攆.
(-办腻) An enigma, a riddle, a puzzling or enigmatical question. E. pra before, hil to play and in-sa峁僯帽膩y膩峁� kan aff. It is thus defined in Vachaspatya. 鈥渧yakt墨k峁泃ya kamapyartha峁� svar奴p膩rthasya gopan膩t . yatra b膩hy膩ntar膩varthau kathyate s膩 辫谤补丑别濒颈办腻 ..鈥�
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔谤补丑别濒颈办腻 (啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶�):鈥擺=pra-丑别濒颈办腻] [from pra-helaka] ([K膩vy膩dar艣a], 6 kinds) f. an enigma, riddle, puzzling question.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔谤补丑别濒颈办腻 (啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶�):鈥擺pra-丑别濒颈办腻] (办腻) 1. f. An enigma, a riddle, a puzzling question.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)笔谤补丑别濒颈办腻 (啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 笔补丑别濒颈测腻.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary笔谤补丑别濒颈办腻 (啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶�):鈥�: (nf) a riddle; an enclave.
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Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary笔谤补丑别濒颈办腻 (啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶�):鈥攏. riddle; enigma; charade;
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.
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Full-text (+3): Gudhacaturthapadaprahelika, Grahelika, Prahvalika, Prahelaka, Praheli, Vyutkranta, Pirakelikai, Pirelikai, Prabahlika, Pravahlika, Paheliya, Sankhyata, Helika, Samanashabda, Pravahli, Samagata, Samanarupa, Composing, Solving, Riddle.
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