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Crowd means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)Crowds (i.e., the coming of a crowd) are associated with Karkaṭahasta: one of the thirteen Combined-hand Gestures (in Indian Dramas) (known as saṃyuktahastas), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—According to the Śabdakalpadruma, karkaṭa means kulira i.e., crab. In karkaṭahasta, fingers are passed between the fingers of both hands together and it makes the shape of a crab. This posture is used while yawning. According to Abhinayadarpaṇa, this karkaṭa-hasta is used to denote coming of a crowd, showing the stomach, filling the conch-shell, twisting limbs, pulling branch etc.
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).
India history and geography
Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Crowds (of people) (making noise) represents a scene of human life commonly depicted on the Saṃsāracakra paintings in ancient India, as mentioned in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 185.21 f.: Here follows a description of a printed scroll illustrating the Jaina conception of saṃsāracakra. [...] The saṃsāra-cakra illustrated the three worlds of hell, human world and the world of gods. [For example:] The figure of a king riding on a horse and going for hunting; then the various animals trembling for fear of impending death; then a crowd of people making noise to bring the animals together, i.e., engaged in what is now known as hāṅkā;
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Starts with: Crowder pea.
Full-text (+535): Gana, Cepara, Sanghin, Cumba, Janakaya, Janimvanim, Birita, Bhida, Pravidarana, Dati, Samgha, Vrindaraka, Tekkegedisu, Abhisamsaram, Hujuma, Kisegalla, Neretar, Vrindashas, Ghata, Aranyavasa.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.1.205 < [Chapter 1 - Meeting Again at the House of Śrī Advaita Ācārya]
Verse 3.3.295 < [Chapter 3 - Mahāprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal]
Verse 3.3.382 < [Chapter 3 - Mahāprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal]
Honouring a Poet’s Memory < [November 1947]
Thy Name is Burden! < [April 1963]
Whither Indian Music? < [July 1960]
Apastamba Dharma-sutra (by Āpastamba)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 8.254 < [Section XL - Disputes regarding Boundaries]
Verse 8.253 < [Section XL - Disputes regarding Boundaries]
Verse 4.108 < [Section XIII - Days unfit for Study]
51st-55th Imperishable, The Five Powers
71st Imperishable, Peaceful Meditation
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section LXV < [Nalopakhyana Parva]
Section LXIII < [Bhagavat-Gita Parva]
Section XCVIII < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]
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