The Sanskrit term Ṛjuka can be transliterated into English as Rjuka or Rijuka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Ṛjuka (ऋजुक) is the Sanskrit name of one of Bharata’s sons, mentioned in the Nāṭyaśāstra 1.26-33. After Brahmā created the Nāṭyaveda (nāṭyaśāstra), he ordered Bharata to teach the science to his (one hundred) sons. Bharata thus learned the Nāṭyaveda from Brahmā, and then made his sons study and learn its proper application. After their study, Bharata assigned his sons (eg., Ṛjuka) various roles suitable to them.

context information

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).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ṛjuka (ऋजुक).—a. [arjayati guṇān, arj-u Tv.] (ju or jvī f.) (compar. ṛjīyas, superl. ṛjiṣṭha)

1) Straight (fig. also); उमां स पश्यन् ऋजुनैव चक्षुषा (umāṃ sa paśyan ṛjunaiva cakṣuṣā) Kumārasambhava 5.32; Śiśupālavadha 1.13, 12.18,2.77; °प्रणाम (praṇāma) R.6.25.

2) Upright, honest, straight-forward; ऋजूननृजवः (ṛjūnanṛjavaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.415.

3) Simpleminded, plain; Mṛcchakaṭika 5; Ratnāvalī 2,3.

4) Favourable, beneficial, good. -ind. In the right manner, Correctly; Ṛgveda 2.3.7.

See also (synonyms): ṛju.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ṛjuka (ऋजुक).—adj. (also ujjuka; = Pali ujuka, ujjuka; Sanskrit ṛju plus ka), straight, right: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 324.2 (but see s.v. ujjuka); Kāśyapa Parivarta 8.1 (prose) ṛjukasya bodhisattvasya ṛjukalakṣaṇāni; Śikṣāsamuccaya 285.9 (prose) (āśayo…) ṛjukaḥ akutilatvāt; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.47.4; adv. °kena, straight out, straightforwardly, honestly (before a daśavarga of monks), Śikṣāsamuccaya 169.1 (prose) āpattir daśavarge ṛjukena deśayitavyā; adv. ṛjukam, id., Bodhisattvabhūmi 6.17 (prose) arthikeṣu ca sattveṣu ṛjukaṃ pratipadyate, na māyāśāṭhyenainān vilobhayati; abstr. °ka-tā, Gaṇḍavyūha 186.8 (prose) mārgakuṭilatāṃ mārgarjukatām anuvilokya (here literally, straightness).

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

Ṛjūka (ऋजूक):—[from ṛju] m. Name of a country (in which the river Vipāśā rises), [Nirukta, by Yāska]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ṛjuka (ऋजुक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ujjua.

[Sanskrit to German]

Rijuka in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Rijukaga, Rijukagatha, Rijukahasta, Rijukakaya, Rijukakha, Rijukakratu, Rijukalekha, Rijukamitakshara, Rijukaniti, Rijukar, Rijukarana, Rijukarita, Rijukarohita, Rijukavani, Rijukaya, Rijukayata.

Ends with: Anrijuka.

Full-text: Ujjuka, Ujjua, Rijukakha, Rijukalekha, Rijukarohita, Rijukakaya, Rijukamitakshara, Rijukavani, Rijukagatha, Rijukahasta, Rijukakratu, Rijukaniti, Rijukayata, Rijukaga, Riju.

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Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)

Chapter I - Origin of Drama (nāṭya)

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