The Sanskrit term Vikruṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Vikrusta or Vikrushta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Saṅgītaśiromaṇi

Vikruṣṭa (विक्रुष्ट, “evocative”) refers to one of the ten good qualities (guṇa) of a song (gīta), according to the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi 14.75-76, where they are commonly known as the gītaguṇa. The Saṅgītaśiromaṇi (“crest-jewel of music”) is a 15th-century Sanskrit work on Indian musicology (gāndharvaśāstra). Accordingly, “evocative (vikruṣṭa) means that the song is loud in the fast, medium and slow speed”.

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

Vikruṣṭa (विक्रुष्ट).—p. p.

1) Exclaimed, cried out.

2) Harsh, cruel, unkind.

3) Offensive; (parityajet) धर्मं चाप्यसुखोदर्कं लोकविक्रुष्टमेव च (dharmaṃ cāpyasukhodarkaṃ lokavikruṣṭameva ca) Manusmṛti 4.176.

-ṣṭam 1 A cry for help; विक्रुष्टे नाभिधावकः (vikruṣṭe nābhidhāvakaḥ) Y.2.234.

2) Abuse.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vikruṣṭa (विक्रुष्ट).—mfn.

(-ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭaṃ) 1. Harsh, rugged or unkind, (as speech.) 2. Called out, exclaimed. n.

(-ṣṭaṃ) 1. A cry of alarm or for help. 2. Abuse. E. vi before, kruś to call, aff. kta .

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

Vikruṣṭa (विक्रुष्ट).—[neuter] = vikrośa.

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

1) Vikruṣṭa (विक्रुष्ट):—[=vi-kruṣṭa] [from vi-kruś] mfn. called out etc.

2) [v.s. ...] harsh, abusive, cruel (as speech), [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] ifc. offensive to (e.g. loka-v, offensive to men), [Manu-smṛti iv, 176]

4) [v.s. ...] n. a cry of alarm or help, [Yājñavalkya; Rāmāyaṇa]

5) [v.s. ...] abasing, reviling, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vikruṣṭa (विक्रुष्ट):—[vi-kruṣṭa] (ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭaṃ) a. Harsh, unkind; shouted. n. Alarum; abuse.

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vikruṣṭa (ವಿಕ್ರುಷ್ಟ):—

1) [adjective] shouted aloud (as caused by outbursting emotions).

2) [adjective] harsh; hard; grating.

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Vikruṣṭa (ವಿಕ್ರುಷ್ಟ):—

1) [noun] a shout or scream soliciting a help.

2) [noun] a harsh, grating tone or voice.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Krushta, Vi.

Ends with: Lokavikrushta.

Full-text: Lokavikrushta, Gitaguna, Krush.

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