Uparupaka, Uparūpaka: 8 definitions
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Uparupaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Uprupak.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)Uparūpaka (उपरूपक) refers to one of the two types of the Dṛśyakāvyas division of Kāvya (“poetry”), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—There are two broad divisions of kāvya (poetry) viz., dṛśyakāvya and śravyakāvya. Drama belongs to dṛśyakāvya variety, which is mainly divided into two groups, viz., rūpaka and uparūpaka.
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 dictionaryUparūpaka (उपरूपक).—[upagataṃ rūpakaṃ dṛśyakāvyaṃ sādṛśyena] A drama of an inferior class, of which 18 kinds are enumerated; नाटिका त्रोटकं गोष्ठी सट्टकं नाट्यरासकम् । प्रस्थानोल्लाप्यकाव्यानि प्रेङ्खणं रासकं तथा ॥ संलापकं श्रीगदितं शिल्पकं च विलासिका । दुर्मल्लिका प्रकरणी हल्लीशो भाणिकेति च (nāṭikā troṭakaṃ goṣṭhī saṭṭakaṃ nāṭyarāsakam | prasthānollāpyakāvyāni preṅkhaṇaṃ rāsakaṃ tathā || saṃlāpakaṃ śrīgaditaṃ śilpakaṃ ca vilāsikā | durmallikā prakaraṇī hallīśo bhāṇiketi ca) || S. D.276.
Derivable forms: uparūpakam (उपरूपकम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUparūpaka (उपरूपक).—[neuter] a drama of the second rank ([rhetorie]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Uparūpaka (उपरूपक):—[=upa-rūpaka] n. ‘minor Rūpaka’, a drama of an inferior class (eighteen of which are enumerated), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa 276]
2) [v.s. ...] cf. [Sāhitya-darpaṇa 539 seqq.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUparūpaka (उपरूपक):—[upa-rūpaka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. What relates to the heroine as rūpakaḥ does to the hero.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryUparūpaka (उपरूपक) [Also spelled uprupak]:—(nm) a secondary or lower category of rupak (see) which has eighteen different types.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Natika, Hallish, Hallisha, Rupaka, Uprupak, Shrigadita, Drishyakavya, Nataka, Prasthana.
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Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Technical terms seen in Uparūpakas < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in Dṛśya-kāvyas]
Observations in Post-Bharata works < [Chapter 5 - Conclusion]
Importance of Gati in Uparūpakas < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in Dṛśya-kāvyas]
The Kalaapam < [January 1955]
Critic and Criticism in Sanskrit < [April 1965]
Yakshagana: Origin And Growth < [January 1958]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2a - Mālatīmādhava as a Prakaraṇa < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Dramaturgy in the Venisamhara (by Debi Prasad Namasudra)
Description of Prahasana < [Chapter 2 - Nature and Classification of Sanskrit Drama]
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 2 - Source of the poem [Śrīkaṇṭhacarita] < [Chapter II - The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 2 - Divisions of kāvya < [Chapter I - Introduction]