ajjūkā is an alternate of ajjukā. [arjayati yā sā, arj- ūka, pṛ. rakārasya jatvam Tv.] A courte- zan (used only in dramas.).

a. (gī f.) [aṃga-svārthe-aṇ] 1 Bodily, corporeal.

2 (In gram.) Relating to the base (aṃga).

3 Having limbs or parts.

4 Relating to the minor personages in a drama.

5 Belonging to a portion of the Vedas.

6 Produced or born in the country of the Aṅgas. gaḥ A prince of the Aṅga country. gaṃ A deli- cate body.

a. [nāsti argho mūlyaṃ yasya na. ba.] Invaluable, priceless, inestimable; R. 5. 2; Śi. 14. 88. rghaḥ [na. ta.] Wrong or improper value. Comp. rāghavaṃ N. of a drama in 7 acts by Murāri Miśra; also called Murāri Nāṭaka after its author and supposed to have been written between the 12th and the 14th century.

[ārabh-aṭi] An enter- prising or courageous man. ṭaḥ, ṭī Boldness, confidence. ṭī 1 A branch of the dramatic art, machin- ery of the drama, representation of supernatural, horrible events on the stage; māyeṃdrajālaṃsagrāmakrodhodbhrāṃtādiceṣṭitaiḥ saṃyuktā vadhabaṃdhādyairuddhatārabhaṭī matā.. (said to be of four kinds, see S. D. 420 et. seq.).

2 A kind of literary style (vṛtti).

3 A particular style of...

Caus. -lagayati, to fasten to Comm. on Ka1tyS3r. 013157 103,2 18008 n. an addition made in the prologue of a drama and not having any particular reference to the latter Sa1h. 013158 103,2 18009 mfn. hanging down from (in comp.) Ragh. xvi, 68, &c 103,2 18010 mn. the waist, S3is3. ix, 49, &c 013159 103,2 18011

a. (mī f.) [bhībhasya nṛpasyedaṃ aṇ] Relating to Bhīma. mī 1 ‘The daughter of Bhīma,’ a patronymic of Damayantī, wife of Nala.

2 The eleventh day of the bright half of Māgha or a festival performed on that day.

n. (also written vīja, of doubtful origin; ifc. f (A).) seed (of plants), semen (of men and animals), seed-corn, grain RV. &c 732,2 145385 n. a runner (of the Indian fig-tree) Vcar. 732,2 145386 n. any germ, element, primary cause or principle, source, origin (ifc. = caused or produced by, sprung from) ChUp.; MBh.; Ka1v. &c 732,2 145387 n. the germ or origin of any composition (as of a poem, of the plot of a drama,...

A kind of drama or dan- cing; chalikaṃ duṣprayojyamudāharaṃti M. 2.

m. a man of low caste (living by singing and music), Tantr. 052911 431,1 81468 m. id. VarBr2S. lxxxvii, 33 (v.l. ḍumba) Katha1s. xiii, 96ff.; Ra1jat. vf. 431,1 81469 m. N. of a man, vii, 1070 and 1136 431,1 81470 f. a kind of drama Das3ar. i, 8 Sch. 052912 431,1 81471

[guṇ bhāve yuc svārthe ka] 1 Study, repeated reading, repetition; viśeṣaviduṣaḥ śāstra yattavodagrāhyate puraḥ. he- tuḥ paricayasthairye vakturguṇanikaiva sā.. Śi. 2. 75 (āmreḍitaṃ Malli.).

2 Dancing, the science or profession of dancing.

3 The prologue or introduction to a drama.

4 A garland, necklace; daridrāṇāṃ ciṃtāmaṇiguṇanikā A. L. 3.

5 Determining the value of the various readings of a manuscript.

6...

[īh-a] 1 Wish, desire; ja- lanidhimakarottarītumīhāṃ Rām.; see anīha also.

2 An undertaking, act.

3 Effort, exertion, activity; īhātaśce- ddhanaṃ bhavet Ms. 9. 205. Comp. arthin a. aiming at any object, seeking wealth; Ms. 2. 37. mṛgaḥ [īhāpradhāno mṛgaḥ] 1. a wolf.

2. an artificial deer.

3. a division of the drama consisting of four acts; for definition &c. see S. D. 518 = vṛkaḥ a wolf.

a. [kau halati spardhate ac pṛṣoº Tv.] Speaking indistinctly. laḥ 1 A kind of musical instrument.

2 A sort of spirituous liquor.

3 The inventor or first teacher of the drama.

See mrakṣ.

[naṃdāṃti devā atra naṃd-ghañ pṛṣoº vṛddhiḥ ṅīp] 1 Joy, satisfaction, delight.

2 Prosperity.

3 Praise of a deity at the commencement of a religious rite or observance.

4 Particularly, the benedictory verse or verses re- cited as a sort of prologue at the beginning of a drama, benediction; āśīrvacanasaṃyuktā nityaṃ yasmātprayujyate. devadvijanṛpādīnāṃ tasmānnāṃdīti saṃjñitā.. or...

m. f. [naṃd-in] Joy, pleasure, delight; kausalyānadivardhanaḥ. diḥ m. 1 An epithet of Viṣṇu.

2 Of Śiva.

3 N. of an attendant of Śiva.

4 Gambling, gaming; (n. also in this sense).

5 The speaker of a prelude or benediction (in a drama.) Comp. āvartaḥ a sort of building in the form of a quadr- angle without a western gate; (n. also). īśaḥ, īśvaraḥ 1. an epithet of Śiva. grāmaḥ N. of a village where...

a. [naṃd-ṇini] 1 Happy, pleas- ed, glad, delighted.

2 Making happy, gladdening, giving delight; U. 3. 14.

3 Delighting in, liking. m. 1 A son.

2 The speaker of a prelude or benediction in a drama.

3 N. of the door-keeper of Śiva, his chief attendant, or of the bull which he rides; latāgṛhadvāragato'tha naṃdī Ku. 3. 41; Māl. 1. 1.

4 An epi- thet of Viṣṇu.

5 The Indian fig- tree. nī 1 A daughter; U. 1....

a. Humorous, witty. n. A kind of drama.

[naṭ-ṇvul] 1 A play, drama (in general).

2 The first of the 10 principal kinds of dramatic composition; for definition and other information; see S. D. 277. kaḥ An actor, a dancer. kī The court of Indra.

a. [nāṭaka-cha] Pertaining to a drama, dramatic; pūrvaraṃgaḥ prasaṃgāya nāṭakīyasya vastunaḥ Śi. 2. 8.

a. [nī-ṇvul] Guiding, lead- ing, conducting. kaḥ 1 A guide, leader, conductor.

2 A chief, master, head, lord.

3 A pre-emi- nent or principal person, distin- guished personage; sainyanāyakaḥ &c.

4 A general, commander.

6 (In Rhet.) The hero of a poetic com- position (a play or drama); (ac- cording to S. D. there are four main kinds of nāyakaḥ dhīrodātta, dhīro- [Page0615-c+ 58] ddhata, dhīralalita, and...

m. [nī-tṛc] 1 One who leads or guides, a leader, conductor, manager, guide (of elephants, ani- mals &c.); R. 4. 75, 14. 22, 16. 30; Me. 69; netāśvasya srudhnaṃ srughnasya vā Sk.; Mu. 7. 14.

2 A director, preceptor; Bh. 2. 88.

3 A chief, master, head.

4 An inflictor (as of punish- ment); Ms. 7. 25.

5 An owner.

6 The hero of a drama.

7 The numeral ‘two’.

8 N. of Viṣṇu.

1 P. 1 To carry out, ex- tricate oneself.

2 To be finished.

3 To live upon, live by the aid of. Caus. 1 To take to the end of, complete, finish, manage; yathā priya- sakhī baṃdhujanaśocanīyā na bhavati tathā nirvāhaya Ś. 3.

3 To carry out, ac- complish, effect.

3 To pass, spend (as time).

a. [pāti rakṣatyasmādātmānaṃ, pā- apādāne pa; Uṇ. 3. 23] 1 Evil, sinful, wicked, vicious; pāpaṃ karma ca yat paraira [Page0694-c+ 57] pi kṛtaṃ tattasya saṃbhāvyate Mk. 1. 36; Bg. 6. 9.

2 Mischievous, destruc- tive, accursed; pāpena mṛtyunā gṛhīto'smi M. 4.

3 Low, vile, abandoned; Ms. 3. 52; 4. 171.

4 Inauspicious malignant, foreboding evil; as in pāpagraha. paṃ 1 Evil, bad fortune or state; pāpaṃ pāpāḥ...

1 A flag, banner (fig. also); yaṃ kāmamaṃjarī kāmayate sa haratu su- bhagapatākāṃ Dk. 47 ‘let him carry the palm of beauty or good fortune’.

2 A flag-staff.

3 A sign, emblem, mark, symbol.

4 An episode or episodical incident in a drama, see patākāsthānaka below.

5 Auspicious- ness, good fortune or luck. Comp. aṃśukaṃ a flag. sthānakaṃ (in dra- maturgy) intimation of an episodi- cal incident, when...

1 Treating, explaining, dis- cussing.

2 (a) A subject, topic, department, a subject (of repre- sentation); katamatprakaraṇamāśritya Ś. 1. (b) A head or subject of treat- ment. (c) A province or depart- ment.

3 A section, chapter or any smaller division of a work.

4 An opportunity, occasion.

5 An affair, a matter.

6 An intro- duction, prologue.

7 Relation.

8 Doing much or well.

9 A spe- cies of drama...

a. (kī f.) Pertain- ing to the subject of discussion, relevant to the matter in hand (often used in the sense of upameya in works on Rhetoric); aprākaraṇika- syābhidhānena prākaraṇikasyākṣepo'prastuta- praśaṃsā K. P. 10.

1 An interlude or episode inserted in a drama to explain what is to follow.

2 Theatrical dress.

3 An open piece of ground.

4 A place where four roads meet.

5 A kind of song.

6 The proper site of any magical operations.

An interlude or episode inserted in a drama to explain what is to follow.

1 A. 1 To shine very much.

2 To be liked.

1 Beginning, commence- ment.

2 An introduction.

3 Mention, allusion, reference; nāma- mātraprastāvaḥ Ś. 7.

4 An occasion, opportunity, time, season; fit or proper time; tvarāprastāvoyaṃ na kha [Page0767-a+ 56] parihāsasya samayaḥ Māl. 9. 44; śiṣyā- ya bṛhatāṃ patyuḥ prastāvamadiśad dṛśā Śi. 2. 68.

5 The occasion of a discourse, subject, topic.

6 The prologue of a drama; see prastāvanā below.

7 The...

1 Causing to be praised or mentioned, praising, praise.

2 Beginning, commencement; ārya bālacaritaprastāvanāḍiṃḍamaḥ Mv. 1. 54.

3 An introduction, preface, exordi- um (in general); prastāvanā iyaṃ kapa- ṭanāṭakasya Māl. 2.

4 Sounding forth.

5 An introductory dialogue (the prologue) at the beginning of a drama between the manager and one of the actors, which, after giv- ing an account of the author and his...

1 Going or setting forth, de- parture, moving, walking; prasthānavikla- vagateravalaṃbanārthaṃ Ś. 5. 3; R. 4. 88; Me. 41; Amaru. 31.

2 Coming to; Ku. 6. 61.

3 Sending away, despatch- ing.

4 Procession, march.

5 A march, the march of an army or assailant.

6 A method, system.

7 Death, dying.

8 An inferior kind of drama; see S. D. 276, 544

‘The introducer,’ an in- terlude acted by inferior characters (such as servants, buffoon &c.) for the purpose of acquainting the audience with events not represent- ed on the stage, but a knowledge of which is essential for the proper understanding of what follows; (like the Viṣkambhaka it con- nects the story of the drama and the subdivisions of the plot, by briefly referring to what has oc- curred in the intervals...

a. 1 One who uses or em- ploys (as a means, word &c.).

2 One who performs or directs, an executor.

3 One who prompts or instigates, an instigator.

4 An author, an agent; U. 3. 48.

5 One who acts or represents (a drama).

6 One who lends money at interest, a money-lender.

7 One who shoots (an arrow).

8 The agent of an action.

9 A reciter.

a. Wandering, moving, going towards, entering; Bk. 9. 106. ṇaṃ 1 Swinging.

2 A swing.

3 A minor drama in one act, hav- ing no Sūtradhāra, hero &c; S. D. thus defines it: garbhāvamarṣarahitaṃ preṃkhaṇaṃ hīnanāyakaṃ. asūtradhāramekāṃkamaviṣkaṃbhapraveśakam. niyuddhasaṃpheṭayutaṃ sarvavṛttisamāśritaṃ.. 547; e. g. vālivadha.

A kind of minor drama, see S. D. 548.

a. [rūp-ṇvul] Bodily, cor- poreal.

2 Figurative (as words &c.). kaḥ A particular coin, a rupee. kaṃ 1 Form, figure, shape (at the end of comp.).

2 Any manifesta- tion or representation.

3 A sign, feature.

4 A kind, species

5 A drama, play, a dramatic composi- tion; (one of the two main sub- divisions of dramatic compositions; it is divided into ten classes; there are eighteen minor divisions of it...

A metrony- mic of Bharata (son of Śakuntalā). laṃ The drama called abhijñānaśakuṃtalā of Kālidāsa.

m. (fr. śakuntalā) metron. of Bharata bharata (sovereign of India as son of S3akuntala1 śakuntalā and Dushyanta duṣyanta) MBh. 1062,1 214854 n. (accord. to some also f (A).) = next or the drama commonly called S3akuntala1 śakuntalā or Abhijn5a1na-s3akuntalam abhijñāna-śakuntalam Ma1lati1m. 135104 1062,1 214855 n. the story of S3akuntala1 śakuntalā and Dushyanta duṣyanta (constituting the episode in MBh. i,...

w.r. for sam-avakāra (See col. 1). 146895 1157,3 233878

A kind of drama; (thus described in S. D.: vṛttaṃ sama- vakāre tu khyātaṃ devāsurāśrayaṃ. saṃdhayo niviṃ- marśāstu trayoṃkāḥ &c. 515).

A kind of minor drama, said to be of a controversial kind; see S. D. 549.

1 Arrangement of in- cidents (in a plot), the plot of a drama &c.; bhaho saṃvidhānakaṃ U. 3.

2 A strange act, an unusual occurrence.

1. 5. 9. U. 1 To hide, cover, conceal; muhuraṃgulisaṃvṛtādharoṣṭhaṃ S. 3. 25; R. 1. 20; 7. 30.

2 To suppress, restrain, oppose; Bk. 9. 27.

3 To shut up, close.

4 To contract, compress.

5 To secure.

6 To arrange, put in order.

7 To refuse, reject.

8 To select, choose. Caus. 1 To cover.

2 To restrain.

3 To ward off, prevent, avert.

n. a sort of minor drama in Pra1kr2it Prakrit (e.g. the Karpu1ra-man5jari1 karpūra-mañjarī of Ra1ja-s3ekhara rāja-śekhara) Sa1h. 1134,1 229465 n. buttermilk mixed with the juice of cumin &c (cf. śaṭṭaka) L. 144092 1134,1 229466 f. N. of wk. 144093 1134,1 229467 n. a kind of drama (= śaṭṭaka) Cat. 144094 1134,1 229468

A kind of minor drama in Prākṛta; e. g. karpūramaṃjarī; see S. D. 542.

(?) m. N. of one of the 14 parts of a drama W. 158759 1253,1 253467

A kind of drama (exhi- biting magical and mystical rites).

1 Placing, fixing, found- ing, establishing.

2 Arranging, regulating (as a drama), stage- management.

[takṣ ṇvul] 1 A carpenter, wood-cutter (whether by caste or profession).

2 The chief actor in the prelude of a drama (i. e. the sū- tradhāra).

3 N. of the architect of the gods.

4 N. of one of the principal [Page0525-b+ 50] Nāgas or serpents of the Pātāla, son of Kaśyapa and Kadru; (saved at the intercession of the sage Āstī- ka from being burnt down in the serpent-sacrifice performed by king Janamejaya, in...

mfn. (= toṭ) destroying (fr. truṭ) Chandah2s. vi, 31 Sch. 462,3 88791 m. N. of a venomous insect Sus3r. v, 8 462,3 88791.1 m. of a pupil of S3am2kara7ca1rya śaṃkarācārya SS3am2kar. xii 462,3 88791.2 n. a kind of drama Vikr. i, 1/2; Sa1h. vi, 273 (v.l. toṭ) 462,3 88791.3

[truṭ-ṇvul] 1 A species of drama: saptāṣṭanavapaṃcākaṃ divyamānuṣasaṃ- śrayaṃ. troṭakaṃ nāma tatpra huḥ pratyaṃkaṃ sadidūpra- kaṃ.. S. D. 540; e. g. Kālidāsa's Vikramorvaśīyam (?).

2. An angry speech. kaḥ A kind of poisonous insect.

1 P. To revive, return to life. Caus. To restore life.

A kind of drama; see S. D. 545.

n. minor Ru1paka rūpaka, a drama of an inferior class (eighteen of which are enumerated) Sa1h. 276 205,3 35614 n. cf. Sa1h. 539 seqq. 024553 205,3 35615

[upagataṃ rūpakaṃ dṛśyakābyaṃ sādṛśyena] A drama of an inferior class, of which 18 kinds are enu- merated; nāṭikā troṭakaṃ goṣṭhī saṭṭakaṃ nāṭya- rāsakaṃ. prasthānollāpyakāvyāni preṃkhaṇaṃ rāsakaṃ tathā.. saṃlāpakaṃ śrīgaditaṃ śilpakaṃ ca vilāsikā. durbhallikā prakaraṇī hallīśo bhāṇiketi ca.. S. D. 276.

a. (kī f.) Vernal; vāsaṃti [Page0963-c+ 59] kastarubhiḥ Ś. 6. kaḥ 1 The Vidūṣaka or buffoon in a drama.

2 An actor.

A drama in one act full of love-incidents; it is thus defined in S. D: śṛṃgārabahulaikāṃkā daśalāsyāṃgasaṃyutā. vidūṣakaviṭabhyāṃ ca pīṭhama- rdena bhūṣitā. hīnā garbhavimarṣābhyāṃ saṃdhibhyāṃ hīna- nāyakā. svalpavṛttā sumepathyā vikhyātā sā vi- lāsikā 552.

m. (with kavi) N. of a poet (author of the drama Madana-man5jari1 madana-mañjarī) Cat. 126184 985,2 199729

1 Deliberation, con- sideration, examination, discussion.

2 Reasoning.

3 A conflicting judgment.

4 Hesitation, doubt.

5 The impression left on the mind by past good or bad actions; see vāsanā.

1 A. 1 To cheat, de- ceive, impose upon.

2 To recover, regain.

3 To insult, disrespect.

4 To violate, disregard.

Author of the Mudrārākṣasa. The 7th or 8th century is regarded by Mr. Telang as the probable date of the production of the drama.

1 Obstacle, hindrance, impediment.

2 The bolt or bar of a door.

3 The supporting beam of a house.

4 A post, pillar.

5 A tree.

6 (In dramas) An interlude between the acts of a drama and performed by one or more charac- ters, middling or inferior, who con- nect the story of the drama and the subdivisions of the plot by briefly explaining to the audience what has occurred in the intervals of the acts or what...

1 P. (veṭati) 1 To sound.

2 To curse, rail at.

f. [vith-in vā ṅīp] 1 A road, way; Ki. 7. 17; Pt. 1. 211.

2 A row, line.

3 A market, stall, shop in a market; Śi. 9. 32.

4 A [Page1004-b+ 56] terrace in front of a house.

5 A variety of drama; it is thus defin- ed in S. D.: vīthyāmeko bhavedaṃkaḥ kaścide- ko'tra kalpyate. ākāśabhāṣitairuktaiścitrāṃ pra- tyuktimaśritaḥ. sūcayedbhūriśṛṃgāraṃ kiṃcidanyān rasānapi. mukhanirvahaṇe saṃdhī arthaprakṛtayo'khilāḥ...