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

Madhurālāpa (मधुरालाप) refers to “cheerful shouts” (during hunting), 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]: “[...] If the bird once falling does not rise again, then it should be searched out by a dog, tied with a string, and should not be flown at again. They should also cheer up the king by crying out (madhurālāpa), ‘the king should look out, the bird is just rising’, and such like encouraging words”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madhurālāpa (मधुरालाप).—a. uttering sweet sounds.

-paḥ sweet or melodious notes; मधुरालापनिसर्गपण्डिताम् (madhurālāpanisargapaṇḍitām) Kumārasambhava 4.16.

-pā a kind of thrush.

Madhurālāpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhura and ālāpa (आलाप).

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

Madhurālāpā (मधुरालापा).—f.

(-pā) The talking-Maina, (Turdus Salika.) E. madhura sweet, ālāpa talking, fem. form.

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

1) Madhurālāpa (मधुरालाप):—[from madhura > madhu] mfn. uttering sweet sounds, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] m. sweet or melodious notes (-nisarga-paṇḍita mfn. acquainted with the nature of sw° notes id est. skilled in sw° songs), [Kumāra-sambhava]

3) Madhurālāpā (मधुरालापा):—[from madhurālāpa > madhura > madhu] f. Turdus Salica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Madhurālāpā (मधुरालापा):—[madhurā+lāpā] (pā) 1. f. Talking Maina.

[Sanskrit to German]

Madhuralapa in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Madhurālāpa (ಮಧುರಾಲಾಪ):—

1) [noun] pleasant speech.

2) [noun] a man who talks pleasantly.

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Madhurāḷāpa (ಮಧುರಾಳಾಪ):—[noun] = ಮಧುರಾಲಾಪ [madhuralapa].

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Madhura, Alapa.

Starts with: Madhuralapanisargapandita.

Full-text: Madhuralapanisargapandita, Vina, Murch.

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