Kangula, Kāṅgula, Kaṅgula, Kamgula: 10 definitions
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Kangula 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-śāstraKāṅgula (काङ्गुल) refers to a gesture (āṅgika) made with a ‘single hand’ (asaṃyuta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 8. The hands (hasta) form a part of the human body which represents one of the six major limbs (aṅga) used in dramatic performance. With these limbs are made the various gestures (āṅgika), which form a part of the histrionic representation (abhinaya).
Source: archive.org: Natya ShastraKāṅgula (काङ्गुल).—A type of gesture (āṅgika) made with a single hand (asaṃyuta-hasta);—(Instructions): The middle and the fore-fingers and the thumb to be separated and the ring finger to be bent but the little finger raised.
(Uses): By this are to be represented immature fruits of various kinds and angry words of women.
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)Kāṅgūla (काङ्गूल) refers to one of the twenty-two Asaṃyuktahastas or “single hand gestures” (in Indian Dramas), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—The hasta-mudrās (lit. “hand-gestures”) are very essential to denote some particular action or state in dancing and these mudrās are formed with the help of hands and fingers.—In kāṅgūla-hasta, the middle finger is set between the forefinger and thumb while the ring finger is bent and the little finger is quite upward. According to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, this posture is used to denote fruits. In the Abhinayadarpaṇa, this posture is said to indicate things as fruits, bell, birds like cakora and cātaka, coconut etc.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṅgula (कङ्गुल).—The hand.
Derivable forms: kaṅgulaḥ (कङ्गुलः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṅgula (कङ्गुल).—m.
(-laḥ) The hand.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṅgula (कङ्गुल):—m. a particular position of the hand, [Purāṇa-sarvasva]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṅgula (कङ्गुल):—(laḥ) 1. m. The hand.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusKāṃgūla (ಕಾಂಗೂಲ):—[noun] (dance.) a single-hand gesture with slightly hollowed palm, bending the ring-finger, stretching the little finger slightly backward, other two fingers and thumb straightened and held like the eye of a coconut.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kangulahasta, Kankulam.
Full-text: Coconut, Bird, Fruit, Agni, Bell, Asamyuta, Kangulahasta, Natai.
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