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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Bhayānvitā (भयान्विता, “awestricken”) refers to a specific “glance” (dṛṣṭi), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 8. This is a type of glance that expresses the ‘dominant state’ (sthāyibhāva) of fear (bhaya). There are a total thirty-six glances defined.

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Bhayānvita (भयान्वित).—A type of glance (dṛṣṭi) expressing a dominant state (sthāyibhāva);—The Glance in which the eyes are widely opened, the eyeballs are mobile in fear and are away from the centre [of the eye], is called Bhayānvitā (awestricken); it is used in fear.

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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).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bhayānvita (भयान्वित).—a (S) Filled with fear, distressed with fear &c.

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

bhayānvita (भयान्वित).—a Filled with fear.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhayānvita (भयान्वित).—a. overcome with fear.

Bhayānvita is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhaya and anvita (अन्वित). See also (synonyms): bhayākrānta.

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

Bhayānvita (भयान्वित):—[from bhaya] mfn. filled with fear, alarmed, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhaya, Anvita.

Ends with: Ubhayanvita.

Full-text: Bhayakranta, Vimanagamin, Drishti.

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