Abhyantarakala, Abhyantarakalā, Abhyantara-kala, Abhyamtarakala: 4 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Abhyantarakala in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhyantarakalā (अभ्यन्तरकला).—the secret art, the art of coquetry or flirtation; Daśakumāracarita 2.2.

Abhyantarakalā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhyantara and kalā (कला).

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

Abhyantarakalā (अभ्यन्तरकला):—[=abhy-antara-kalā] [from abhy-antara] f. [plural] the secret arts or the arts of coquetry, [Daśakumāra-carita]

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

Abhyantarakalā (अभ्यन्तरकला):—[karmadharaya compound] f.

(-lā) Literally, interior art, i. e. art of wantonness. (It is mentioned in the second chapter of the Daśakumārach. as one in a long list of arts, a mother is to afford her daughter instruction in, if she wants to bring her up as a courtezan; this fine description of maternal duties is termed there gaṇikāmāturadhikāraḥ, and comprises amongst others:) sajīvanirjīvāsu ca dyūtakalāsvabhyantarīkaraṇaṃ (initiation in the art of gambling with live and dumb objects) abhyantarakalāsu vaiśvāsikajanātprayatnena prayogagrahaṇam ‘making her learn from confidential friends how to become an arrant coquette’ &c. E. abhyantara and kalā.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Abhyantarakala in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Abhyaṃtarakāla (ಅಭ್ಯಂತರಕಾಲ):—[noun] the time between the cessation of one and the establishment of another government; interregnum.

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

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