Dandapada, Daṇḍapādā, Danda-pada, Daṇḍapāda, Damdapada: 4 definitions

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1. Natyashastra
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1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
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Dandapada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

1) Daṇḍapāda (दण्डपाद).—One of the 108 karaṇas (minor dance movement) mentioned in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 4. The instructions for this daṇḍapāda-karaṇa is as follows, “after the Nūpura Cārī, Daṇḍapāda Cārī should be observed and the Āviddha hand should be shown quickly.”.

A karaṇa represents a minor dance movements and combines sthāna (standing position), cārī (foot and leg movement) and nṛttahasta (hands in dancing position).

2) Daṇḍapāda (दण्डपाद) also refers to one of the twenty maṇḍalas, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 12. The Daṇḍapāda-maṇḍala is classified as a ākāśa, or “aerial”, of which there are ten in total. A maṇḍala is a combination of cārīs (“dance-steps”), which refers refers to the simultaneous movement of the feet (pāda), shanks (jaṅghā) and the hip (ūru). From these cārīs proceed dance as well as movements in general.

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

1) Daṇḍapādā (दण्डपादा).—A type of aerial (ākāśikī) dance-step (cārī);—Instructions: the foot in the Nūpura-[pādikā] Cārī to be stretched and quickly to turn.

2) Daṇḍapāda (दण्डपाद).—A type of maṇḍala (series of cārīs) classified as aerial (ākāśa);—Instructions:

1) The right foot to be moved in the janitā and the daṇḍapāda-cārīs,
2) The left foot in the sūcī and the bhramarī-cārīs (the latter by turning the trika),
3) The right foot in the ūrūdvṛttā-cārī and the left foot in the alātā-cārī,
4a) The right foot in the pārśvakrāntā-cārī and the left foot successively in the bhujaṅgatrastā and the atikrāntā-cārīs,
4b) to meet the right foot in the daṇḍapāda-cārī and the left foot successively in the sūcī and the bhramarī-cārīs (the latter by turning the trika).

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: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Daṇḍapāda (दण्डपाद).—pl., name of a group of nāgas: Mahā-Māyūrī 221.17.

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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

Daṃḍapāda (ದಂಡಪಾದ):—[noun] (dance) one of the movements above the ground, in which one foot is placed on the ground and bending the knee and moving the other foot forward quickly and then placed on the ground.

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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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