Hallishaka, Hallīśaka, Hallīsaka: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Hallīśaka can be transliterated into English as Hallisaka or Hallishaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHallīśaka (हल्लीशक).—Dancing in a ring; घोषवासस्यानुरूपोऽयं हल्लीसकनृत्तबन्धं उपयुज्यताम् (ghoṣavāsasyānurūpo'yaṃ hallīsakanṛttabandhaṃ upayujyatām) Bālacharitam 3; हल्लसिकं सललितं रुचिरं वहामि (hallasikaṃ salalitaṃ ruciraṃ vahāmi) ibid.4.6.
Derivable forms: hallīśakaḥ (हल्लीशकः).
See also (synonyms): hallīsaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryHallīṣaka (हल्लीषक).—n.
(-kaṃ) Dancing in a ring as performed by woman. E. kan added to hallīsa, hallīṣa, or hallīśa; whence it is also read hallīsaka and hallīśaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Hallīśaka (हल्लीशक):—[from hallīśa] m. n. a kind of dance (= [preceding]), [Kāvyādarśa]
2) Hallīṣaka (हल्लीषक):—[from hallīśa] m. n. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Hallīsaka (हल्लीसक):—[from hallīśa] m. n. idem, [Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]
4) [v.s. ...] a kind of musical instrument ([varia lectio] jhallīṣaka), [Harivaṃśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryHallīṣaka (हल्लीषक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. Idem.
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 corpusHallīśaka (ಹಲ್ಲೀಶಕ):—[noun] a circular dance performed by women under the direction of a man.
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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Ends with: Jhallishaka.
Full-text: Hallisha, Jhallishaka.
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