Aksharasamghata, Akshara-samghata, Akṣarasaṃghāta: 3 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Akṣarasaṃghāta can be transliterated into English as Aksarasamghata or Aksharasamghata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

[«previous next»] — Aksharasamghata in Natyashastra glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Akṣarasaṃghāta (अक्षरसंघात, “due word combinations”) refers to one of the thirty-six “characteristic features” (lakṣaṇa) of perfect ‘poetic compositions’ (kāvyabandha) and ‘dramatic compositions’ (dṛśyakāvya, or simply kāvya). According to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 17, these thirty-six lakṣaṇas act as instructions for composing playwrights. The term is used throughout nāṭyaśāstra literature.

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Akṣarasaṃghāta (अक्षरसंघात, “compactness”).—One of the thirty-six lakṣaṇa, or “excellent points of a dramatic composition”;—Description of akṣarasaṃghāta: When a wonderful sense is expressed by means of a small number of syllables with double entendre, it is called the mark named Compactness (akṣara-saṃghāta, lit. “assemblage of syllables”).

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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

[«previous next»] — Aksharasamghata in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Akṣarasaṃghāta (अक्षरसंघात):—[=a-kṣara-saṃghāta] [from a-kṣara] (in [dramatic language]) accidental putting together or arranging of letters or syllables, [Bharata-nāṭya-śāstra]

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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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