Angavikshepa, Aṅgavikṣēpa, Aṅgavikṣepa, Anga-vikshepa, Amgavikshepa: 10 definitions

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Angavikshepa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

The Sanskrit terms Aṅgavikṣēpa and Aṅgavikṣepa can be transliterated into English as Angaviksepa or Angavikshepa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Angavikshepa in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

aṅgavikṣēpa (अंगविक्षेप).—m S (Casting about the body.) Gesture, gesticulation, oratorical action.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

aṅgavikṣēpa (अंगविक्षेप).—m Gesture, gesticulation, oratorical action.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Aṅgavikṣepa (अङ्गविक्षेप).—

1) movement of the limbs; gesticulation.

2) a kind of dance.

Derivable forms: aṅgavikṣepaḥ (अङ्गविक्षेपः).

Aṅgavikṣepa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṅga and vikṣepa (विक्षेप).

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

Aṅgavikṣepa (अङ्गविक्षेप).—m.

(-paḥ) Gesture, gesticulation. E. aṅga and vikṣepa throwing, moving.

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

1) Aṅgavikṣepa (अङ्गविक्षेप):—[=aṅga-vikṣepa] [from aṅga] m. gesticulation

2) [v.s. ...] movement of the limbs and arms a kind of dance.

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

Aṅgavikṣepa (अङ्गविक्षेप):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-paḥ) Gesture, gesticulation. E. aṅga and vikṣepa.

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

Aṅgavikṣepa (अङ्गविक्षेप):—[aṅga-vikṣepa] (paḥ) 1. m. Gesture.

[Sanskrit to German]

Angavikshepa in German

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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»] — Angavikshepa in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṃgavikṣēpa (ಅಂಗವಿಕ್ಷೇಪ):—

1) [noun] movement of limbs.

2) [noun] involuntary muscular contraction; convulsive action of the body; spasm.

3) [noun] expression of sentiments, as in dancing, by movement of different parts of the body; gesticulation.

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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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