Patakasthanaka, Patākāsthānaka, Pataka-sthanaka: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Patākāsthānaka (पताकास्थानक).—(in dramaturgy) intimation of an episodical incident, when instead of the thing thought of or expected, another of the same character is brought in by some unexpected circumstance (yatrārthe cintite'nyasmiṃstalliṅgo'nyaḥ prayujyate | āgantukena bhāvena patākāsthānakaṃ tu tat || S. D.299; for its different kins, see 3-34).

Derivable forms: patākāsthānakam (पताकास्थानकम्).

Patākāsthānaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms patākā and sthānaka (स्थानक).

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

Patākāsthānaka (पताकास्थानक).—n. intimation of an episode in a drama, [Daśa-Rūpa, (ed. Fitz-Edward Hall.)] 1, 14.

Patākāsthānaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms patākā and sthānaka (स्थानक).

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

Patākāsthānaka (पताकास्थानक):—[=patākā-sthānaka] [from patākā > pat] n. (in [dramatic language]) intimation of an episodical incident, [Daśarūpa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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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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