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Source: academia.edu: The Yoga of the Mālinīvijayottaratantra

Kāṃsyatāla (कांस्यताल) or simply Kāṃsya or Kaṃsatāla refers to the “sounds of cymbals” and represents one of the ten kinds of sounds (śabda) according to Jayaratha (author of the 13th century commentary Tantrālokaviveka on Abhinavagupta’s Tantrāloka). Jayaratha cites the Brahmayāmala passage giving this order of the ten sounds (e.g., Kāṃsyatāla).

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāṃsyatāla (कांस्यताल).—a cymbal.

Derivable forms: kāṃsyatālaḥ (कांस्यतालः).

Kāṃsyatāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāṃsya and tāla (ताल).

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

Kāṃsyatāla (कांस्यताल).—m. a cymbal, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 464.

Kāṃsyatāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāṃsya and tāla (ताल).

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

Kāṃsyatāla (कांस्यताल).—[masculine] a cymbal.

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

Kāṃsyatāla (कांस्यताल):—[=kāṃsya-tāla] [from kāṃsya > kāṃsīya] m. a cymbal, [Rājataraṅgiṇī; Bālarāmāyaṇa]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kāṃsyatālā (कांस्यताला) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kaṃsālā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kamsyatala 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kāṃsyatāla (ಕಾಂಸ್ಯತಾಲ):—[noun] a pair of small circular, slightly concave bronze plates used as a percussion instrument producing a metallic sound; a pair of bronze cymbals.

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Kāṃsyatāḷa (ಕಾಂಸ್ಯತಾಳ):—[noun] = ಕಾಂಸ್ಯತಾಲ [kamsyatala].

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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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Partial matches: Kamsya, Tala.

Full-text: Kamsala, Kanakatala, Kamsya, Kamsatala, Shabda.

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