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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Asambādhā (असम्बाधा) refers to a type of syllabic metre (vṛtta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the first five and the last three syllables of a foot (pāda) are heavy (guru), while the rest of the syllables are light (laghu).

⎼⎼⎼¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⎼¦⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼⎼¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⎼¦⎼⎼¦¦
⎼⎼⎼¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⎼¦⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼⎼¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⎼¦⎼⎼¦¦

Asambādhā falls in the Śakkarī class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four pādas (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’) containing fourteen syllables each.

context information

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).

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Asambādhā (असम्बाधा) refers to one of the seventy-two sama-varṇavṛtta (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th chapter of the Agnipurāṇa. The Agnipurāṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the asambādhā metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Asambādha, (adj.) (a + sambādha) unobstructed Sn. 150 (= sambādha-virahita KhA 248); J. I, 80; ThA. 293. (Page 88)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asaṃbādha (असंबाध).—a.

1) Not narrow, spacious, wide; असंबाधं बध्यतो मानवानाम् (asaṃbādhaṃ badhyato mānavānām) Av.12.1.2.

2) Not crowded with people, lonely, solitary; वसन्नसंबाधशिवेऽपि देशे (vasannasaṃbādhaśive'pi deśe) Kirātārjunīya 3.53.

3) Open, accessible.

4) Separated by an interval; द्विपै- रसंबाधमयांबभूवे (dvipai- rasaṃbādhamayāṃbabhūve) Śiśupālavadha 3.67.

5) Without pain.

-dhā Name of a metre consisting of 56 syllables.

-dham Ved. Open space; असंबाधे पृथिव्या उरौ लोके नि धीयस्व (asaṃbādhe pṛthivyā urau loke ni dhīyasva) Av.18.2.2.

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Āsaṃbādha (आसंबाध).—a. Blocked up, obstructed, confined (on all sides); आसंबाधा भविष्यन्ति पन्थानः शरवृष्टिभिः (āsaṃbādhā bhaviṣyanti panthānaḥ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ) Rām.

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

Asambādha (असम्बाध).—mfn.

(-dhaḥ-dhā-dhaṃ) Open, accessible. f.

(-dhā) A species of the Sarkari metre. E. a neg. sambādha contracted.

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

Asaṃbādha (असंबाध).—adj. 1. large, Mahābhārata 2, 345. 2. lonely, [Kirātārjunīya] 3, 53.

Asaṃbādha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and saṃbādha (संबाध).

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

Asaṃbādha (असंबाध).—[adjective] unlimited, unbounded, unrestrained, spacious, empty.

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

1) Asaṃbādha (असंबाध):—[=a-saṃbādha] mf(ā)n. unconfined, spacious, wide, large, [Atharva-veda xii, 1, 2; Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] unobstructed, unimpeded, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] ‘not crowded’, scarcely frequented, [Kādambarī]

4) Asaṃbādhā (असंबाधा):—[=a-saṃbādhā] [from a-saṃbādha] f. Name of a metre

5) Asaṃbādha (असंबाध):—[=a-saṃbādha] n. non-confinement, open space, [Atharva-veda xviii, 2, 20.]

6) Āsaṃbādha (आसंबाध):—[=ā-saṃbādha] crowded, blocked up, [Rāmāyaṇa]

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

Asambādha (असम्बाध):—[a-sambādha] (dhaḥ-dhā-dhaṃ) a. Accessible.

[Sanskrit to German]

Asambadha 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Asaṃbādha (ಅಸಂಬಾಧ):—

1) [adjective] not narrow; wide; spacious; not restricted.

2) [adjective] not crowded; sparse.

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Asaṃbādha (ಅಸಂಬಾಧ):—[noun] absence of restriction.

context information

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: A, Sambadha.

Starts with: Acampatai.

Ends with: Asahasambamdha, Hastyashvarathasambadha, Janasambadha, Kitthasambadha, Lokasambadha, Rajakamatasambadha, Sharasambadha.

Full-text: Sambadha.

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