Niyatapti, Niyatāpti: 6 definitions

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In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Niyatāpti (नियताप्ति, “Certainty of Attainment”).—One of the five stages of the exertion of the Hero for the result to be attained in a Hindu dramatic play (nāṭya), as explained in the Nāṭyaśāstra.

The corresponding Element of the Plot is the “Episodical Incident” (prakarī).

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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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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study

Niyatāpti (नियताप्ति) refers to one of the five stages of the development of the plot of an epic poem (i.e., Kāryāvasthā).

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Niyatāpti (नियताप्ति):—[=ni-yatāpti] [from ni-yata > ni-yam] f. (in [dramatic language]) sure expectation of attaining an object by overcoming a [particular] obstacle, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Niyatapti 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.

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Hindi dictionary

[«previous next»] — Niyatapti in Hindi glossary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Niyatāpti (नियताप्ति):—(nf) (in a drama) anagnorisis, denouement.

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