Durmallika, Durmallikā, Dur-mallika: 8 definitions
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Durmallikā (दुर्मल्लिका) refers to one of the twelve divisions of the Deśī-Rūpaka compositions in ancient Indian art of dance and theater.—Puruṣottama Miśrā, while defining the terms mārga and deśī quotes the Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (Vol. II, pp.406-410) which he says has been taken from Kohala (the work of Kohala). Following mārga, the deśī forms are next listed out. First is a list of sixteen types as described by Dattila. [...] This list is followed by yet another bearing the names of another 12 forms. [e.g., durmallikā] [...] The quotation does not mention any heading for this list of 12 deśī-rūpakas. Perhaps they refer to some forms of nṛtta-prabandhas.
Durmallikā (दुर्मल्लिका) refers to a variant of the Durmilitā, which to a genre of performance in ancient Indian art of dance and theater, according to Bhoja’s Śṛṅgāraprakāśa (11, p. 466).—A later treatise, Śāradātanaya’s Bhāvaprakāśana (first half of the 13th c.), lists the Ḍombī and the Durmallikā (a variant of Durmilitā/Durmilikā) as separate genres complete with their own definitions..
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).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Durmallikā (दुर्मल्लिका).—a minor drama, comedy, farce; S. D.553.
Durmallikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and mallikā (मल्लिका). See also (synonyms): durmallī.
Durmallikā (दुर्मल्लिका).—f.
(-kā) A minor drama, a comedy, a farce.
Durmallikā (दुर्मल्लिका):—[=dur-mallikā] [from dur] f. a kind of minor drama, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
Durmallikā (दुर्मल्लिका):—[dur-mallikā] (kā) 1. f. A farce.
Durmallikā (दुर्मल्लिका):—f. = durmallī [Sāhityadarpana 205, 8.]
Durmallikā (दुर्मल्लिका):—und durmallī f. eine Art Schauspiel.
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.
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Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Importance of Gati in Uparūpakas < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in Dṛśya-kāvyas]
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
Part 2: Varieties of Dṛśyakāvya < [Chapter 1]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2a - Mālatīmādhava as a Prakaraṇa < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Society as depicted in the Chaturbhani (study) (by Mridusmita Bharadwaj)
Part 2 - Rūpaka and its Varieties < [Chapter 2 - Introduction to Dṛśyakāvya and Bhāṇa kind of Rūpaka]
Sankalpa Suryodaya of Venkatanatha (Critical Study) (by R. Laxmi)
The meaning of Allegory < [Chapter 2 - Introduction]
Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study) (by Padma Sugavanam)
Kohala and Nāṭya (7): The concept of Uparūpakas < [Chapter 2 - Kohala as seen in citations]