Apasrita, Apasṛta, Apashrita, Apāśrita, Apasarita: 12 definitions

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Apasrita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 terms Apasṛta and Apāśrita can be transliterated into English as Apasrta or Apasrita or Apashrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Apasṛta (अपसृत, “drawn away”) refers to a specific gesture (āṅgika) made with the sides (pārśva), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 10. The sides are one of the six major limbs (aṅga) used to perform certain gestures (āṅgika). These gestures form a part of the histrionic representation (abhinaya).

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Apasṛta (अपसृत, “drawn away”).—A type of gesture (āṅgika) made with the sides (pārśva);—(Instructions): The side restored to its original position from the Vivartita movement [described above]. (Uses): In returning.

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)

Apasṛta (अपसृत) refers to one of the “five kinds of side-movements” (in Sanskrit Dramas), as conveyed through Āṅgikābhinaya: one of the four divisions of Abhinaya or “ways to convey or represent one’s emotion to others”, according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—The āṅgikābhinaya includes the histrionic representation of the limbs which is simply known as physical gestures. There are five kinds of side movements accepted in the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa. The apasṛta movement is taken to show fear whereas the Nāṭyaśāstra suggests it as the movement adopted in returning.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) 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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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

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Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Apaśrita (अपश्रित) refers to “pulling” (during sexual embrace), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the outlines of hawking]: “The throwing of Vāsas on to birds resembles a sexual embrace, sometimes pushing and sometimes pulling (apaśritaka) [śritāpaśritakādibhiḥ]. When the quarry is caught and in the struggle its feathers drop from the sky, the feathers look like a shower of flowers from the hands of the delighted Indra. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

apasṛta (अपसृत).—p S Moved off or away; gone to a distance from.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apasṛta (अपसृत).—p. p.

1) Gone away, retreated &c.; dropped or fallen down; अपसृतपाण्डुपत्रा मुञ्चन्त्यश्रूणीव लताः (apasṛtapāṇḍupatrā muñcantyaśrūṇīva latāḥ) Ś.4.15.

2) Extended, held out, stretched; S.6.

3) Discharged; अपसृतमिव शस्त्रम् (apasṛtamiva śastram) Mv.2.

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Apāśrita (अपाश्रित).—p. p.

1) (Passively used) (a) Restored to. (b) Girt round, fastened. (c) Inhabited by.

2) (Actively used) Resting or reposing on, resorting to, entering on or into, being in or under.

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

Apāsṛta (अपासृत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Gone, departed, gone away. E. apa, and āṅ before, sṛ to go, kta aff.

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

1) Apaśrita (अपश्रित):—[=apa-śrita] [from apa-śri] mfn. retired from, retreated, absconded, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

2) Apāśrita (अपाश्रित):—[=apā-śrita] [from apā-śri] mfn. resting on

3) [v.s. ...] resorting to.

4) Apāsṛta (अपासृत):—[=apā-sṛta] [from apā-sṛ] mfn. gone, departed, gone away, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apāśrita (अपाश्रित):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-taḥ-tā-tam) 1) Reposing on, rest-ing on; e. g. in the Bhāgavata Pur.: tasmādyugāntaśvasanāvaghūrṇajalormicakrātsalilādvirūḍham . apāśritaḥ kañjamu lokatattvaṃ nātmānamaddhāvidadādidevaḥ; or vāma ūrāvadhiśritya dakṣiṇāṅghrisaroruham . apāśritārbhakāśvatthamakṛśaṃ tyaktapippalam (Śrīdharasw. apāśritaḥ pṛṣṭhatovaṣṭabdhaḥ).

2) Having recourse to, applying, using. E. śri with ā and apa, kṛt aff. kta.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apāsṛta (अपासृत):—[apā+sṛta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Gone out.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Apasṛta (अपसृत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avasia, Osaria.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apasārita (ಅಪಸಾರಿತ):—

1) [adjective] gone away or far.

2) [adjective] removed; taken off (as an ornament, dress, etc.).

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Apasārita (ಅಪಸಾರಿತ):—

1) [adjective] moved or gone in different directions from a common point or from each other; diverged.

2) [adjective] deviating from the central cause or intention.

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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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