The Sanskrit term Gītanṛtya can be transliterated into English as Gitanrtya or Gitanritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Gītanṛtya (गीतनृत्य) refers to “singing and dancing”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “The man who offers the sacrifice along with his wife, the teacher and a sculptor goes at an auspicious time with elephants, horses, and chariots to the dwellings, temples, and doors taking (with them) some things (as an offering), which bestow what is auspicious. They do this with the sounds of conches, trumpets and the like, with the sound of singing and dancing [i.e., gītanṛtya-ādi-niśvana] while reciting auspicious hymns and (giving their) blessings with auspicious gifts. [...] Then (after having made offerings in the directions) one should install the Liṅga and worship the teacher vigorously”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Gītanṛtya (गीतनृत्य) refers to “songs and dances”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.47 (“The ceremonious entry of Śiva”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] On realising that the auspicious time for the marriage rites had been intimated by Garga, the mountain rejoiced much. With the desire to bring Śiva there, the mountain gladly sent mountains, Brahmins and others. The mountains and Brahmins with auspicious holy objects in their hands jubilantly went to the place where lord Śiva stood. Then the sound of the Vedic chants, musical instruments, songs and dances (gītanṛtya) jubilantly arose there. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gītanṛtya (गीतनृत्य).—[neuter] song and dance.

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

1) Gītanṛtya (गीतनृत्य):—[=gīta-nṛtya] [from gīta] n. sg. song and dance, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 24, 5]

2) [v.s. ...] a particular dance.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gitanritya in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Nritya, Gita.

Ends with: Dhruvagitanritya.

Full-text: Dhruvagitanritya, Nisvana, Upahara.

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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)

Verse 1.15.198 < [Chapter 15 - Marriage with Śrī Viṣṇupriyā]

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

Technical treatises on Nāṭya (other works) < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭya]

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