Agramya, Agrāmya: 6 definitions

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Agramya 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 Agramy.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Google Books: Saṅgītaśiromaṇi: A Medieval Handbook of Indian Music

Agrāmya (अग्राम्य, “wild”) refers to a musical expression corresponding with vicitra (diverse), the thirteenth word of the elā composition (prabandha).—A sound is considered to be wild (agrāmya), when it has unsteady (sañcārin) melodic lines. According to some people it is wild, when there is a repetition in the sound of the syllables.

Natyashastra book cover
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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).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agrāmya (अग्राम्य).—a.

1) Not rustic or rural, town-made; अग्राम्यशब्दाभिधानमौदार्यम् (agrāmyaśabdābhidhānamaudāryam) Kau. A.2.1.

2) Note tame, wild.

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

Agrāmya (अग्राम्य).—adj. town-made.

Agrāmya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and grāmya (ग्राम्य).

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

1) Agrāmya (अग्राम्य):—[=a-grāmya] mfn. not rustic, town-made

2) [v.s. ...] not tame, wild.

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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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Agrāmya (अग्राम्य) [Also spelled agramy]:—(a) civil, civic; urbane, refined.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Agrāmya (ಅಗ್ರಾಮ್ಯ):—[adjective] that is not rustic; refined; well-cultured.

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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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