Mlecchitavikalpa, Mlecchita-vikalpa: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Mlechchhitavikalpa.
In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kama)Mlecchitavikalpa (म्लेच्छितविकल्प) refers to the “art of speaking of a new language” (as an option of communication) 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.—Note: The word mlecchitavikalpa is an amalgamation of two words viz. mlecchita and vikalpa. Mlecchita means to speak indistinctly like a foreigner or barbarian who does not speak Sanskrit and vikalpa means option. Due to the addition of the word vikalpa with the term mlecchita, the term mlecchitavikalpa denotes the art of speaking of a new language, though indistinctly, as an option of communication.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
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Partial matches: Mlecchita, Vikalpa.
Full-text: Mlecchita, Language, Foreigner, Communication.
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