Uttamottamaka, Uttama-uttamaka: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩straUttamottamaka (啶夃い啷嵿い啶啶む啶むぎ啶�) 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 ShastraUttamottamaka (啶夃い啷嵿い啶啶む啶むぎ啶�).鈥擮ne of the twelve types of 濒腻蝉测补;鈥擳he Uttamottamaka is composed in various kinds of 艢lokas; it includes various Sentimentts and is adorned with the condition of Passion (丑别濒腻).
Source: svAbhinava: Abhinavagupta鈥檚 Treatment of the 濒腻蝉测腻峁単补sUttamottamaka (啶夃い啷嵿い啶啶む啶むぎ啶�).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t has many sentiments and striking verse compositions, rendered variegated by hela and hava. Abhinava says the 濒腻蝉测腻峁単补s in general are the best ones as they become helpful in evoking rasas in the 苍腻峁瓂补. This 濒腻蝉测腻峁単补 is the most excellent among them. Hence it is called uttamottamaka (excellent among the best ones). It has various extraordinary sentiments. The strikingness of the arrangement (of incidents) is stated here to be due to the manifold character and novelty of the dominant states
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).
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Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUttamottamaka (啶夃い啷嵿い啶啶む啶むぎ啶�):鈥擺=utta-mottamaka] [from ut-tama] n. a kind of song or conversation in a play, [Bharata-苍腻峁瓂补-艣膩stra]
[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.
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Partial matches: Uttama, Uttamaka, Utta.
Full-text: Lasyanga, Lasya, Natyangani.
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Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Gati performed in L膩sy膩峁単as < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in D峁浥泍a-k膩vyas]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)