Balakridanaka, Bālakrīḍanaka, Vālakrīḍanaka, Bala-kridanaka, Vala-kridanaka, Valakridanaka: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kama)Vālakrīḍanaka (वालक्रीडनक) refers to the “making of dolls” and represents one of the “sixty four kinds of Art”, according to the Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa.—Indian tradition, basically includes sixty four Art forms are acknowledged. The references of sixty four kinds of kalā are found in the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, Śaiva-Tantras, Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa etc.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) 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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBālakrīḍanaka (बालक्रीडनक).—a child's toy.
Derivable forms: bālakrīḍanakam (बालक्रीडनकम्).
Bālakrīḍanaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and krīḍanaka (क्रीडनक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBālakrīḍanaka (बालक्रीडनक).—[masculine] a child’s toy or plaything, a ball etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bālakrīḍanaka (बालक्रीडनक):—[=bāla-krīḍanaka] [from bāla-krīḍana > bāla] n. idem, [Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] ([plural]) Name of [chapter] of Vātsyāyana’s Kāmasūtra
3) [v.s. ...] m. a child’s toy or plaything, [Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] a bill, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]
6) [v.s. ...] Cypraea Moneta, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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