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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Arthopārjana (अर्थोपार्जन) refers to “that which leads to the acquisition of wealth”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “Hunting on horseback (āśvina) represents one of the eight subdivisions of Hunting (mṛgayā). [...] It leads to the acquisition of wealth (arthopārjana) by the capture of wild elephants and rhinoceros, by collecting horns and hides, musk and precious stones, feathers and such like things. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Arthopārjana (अर्थोपार्जन) refers to “earning money”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.5 (“The Tripuras are fascinated).—Accordingly, as Arihan said to the Lord of the Three Cities: “O ruler of the Asuras, listen to my statement, pregnant with wisdom. It is the essence of the Vedānta and bears high esoteric importance. [...] All sorts of charitable gifts recommended by the sages do not merit even a sixteenth part of the gift of protection to a living being. The strength that one derives by the use of gems mantras, and herbs is of inconceivable influence. But it is practised strenuously only for earning money (arthopārjana). [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Arthopārjana (अर्थोपार्जन).—Acquiring wealth.

Derivable forms: arthopārjanam (अर्थोपार्जनम्).

Arthopārjana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms artha and upārjana (उपार्जन).

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

Arthopārjana (अर्थोपार्जन):—[from artha] n. = arthārjana above.

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

Arthopārjana (अर्थोपार्जन):—[artho+pārjana] (naṃ) n. Accumulating.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Arthōpārjana (ಅರ್ಥೋಪಾರ್ಜನ):—[noun] the act, process of earning money, material wealth.

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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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Partial matches: Artha, Uparjana.

Full-text: Uparjana.

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