Alternative spellings of this word include Chanchatputa.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Cañcatpuṭa (चञ्चत्पुट) refers to the caturasra (four-cornered) source of tāla (time measure), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 31. It is also known as Cañcūpuṭa and Caccatpuṭa. Accordingly, “the cañcatpuṭaḥ will consist of two long syllables followed by one short syllable and the final pluta syllable”. The tāla is so called because it measures time by a division of songs into kalās”.

The three varieties of cañcatpuṭa are:

1. sannipātādi,
2. śamyādi,
3. tālādi.

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).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Cañcatpuṭa (चञ्चत्पुट):—[=cañcat-puṭa] [from cañc] m. = cacc, [Horace H. Wilson]

[Sanskrit to German]

Cancatputa in German

context information

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

Caṃcatpuṭa (ಚಂಚತ್ಪುಟ):—[noun] one of the one hundred and eight kinds of tāḷas (keeping of time) in Karnāṭaka system of music.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Cancat, Puta.

Full-text: Caccaputa, Sthitapravritta, Sthita, Pravritta, Tala.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Cancatputa, Camcatputa, Caṃcatpuṭa, Cancat-puta, Cañcat-puṭa, Cañcatpuṭa, Cancatpuṭa; (plurals include: Cancatputas, Camcatputas, Caṃcatpuṭas, putas, puṭas, Cañcatpuṭas, Cancatpuṭas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)

Chapter XXXI - On the Time-measure (tāla)

Chapter XXIX - On Stringed Instruments (tata)

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Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)

Gati performed in Lāsyāṅgas < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in Dṛśya-kāvyas]

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