Keshabandha, Kesha-bandha, Keśabandha, Keshabamdha, Keshabamdhana: 15 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Keśabandha can be transliterated into English as Kesabandha or Keshabandha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Keśabandha (केशबन्ध) refers to a gesture (āṅgika) made with ‘dance hands’ (nṛttahasta), 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).
1) One of the saṃyutta-hastāni (Twenty-six combined Hands).—Keśa-bandha (tying the hair): Patāka hands binding the hair. Patron deity Durgā. Usage: gem-pillar, binding the hair, cheek, etc.
2) Keśa-bandha is one of the saṃyutta-hastāni (Twenty-seven combined Hands).
Keśabandha (केशबन्ध).—A type of gesture (āṅgika) made with dance-hands (nṛttahasta);—(Instructions): The two hands moved out from the hair-knot (keśabandha) and held on the sides. The Dance-hands are to be used in forming Karaṇas.
Keśabandha (केशबन्ध) refers to one of the twenty-four Vartanās (“movements of the arm”), discussed in Kallinātha’s commentary on Saṅgistaratnākara of Śārṅgadeva (1953: Vol. IV: p.105).—Kallinātha says that in spite of Śārṅgadeva not having mentioned these, he will describe the vartanās which have been expounded by Kohala. He proceeds to give a quotation of Kohala from the work Saṅgītameru which gives the definitions of twenty four kara-vartanās. [For example, Keśabandha] [...] Kohala says that in the case of these vartanās, their names themselves make their lakṣaṇa clear and therefore he has mentioned only their names.
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).
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Keśabandha (केशबन्ध):—A mode of dressing hair.—The mode called keśabandha is employed in relation to Sarasvatī among divine beings, and in relation to the queens of adhirājas among human beings.
Keśabandha (केशबन्ध) refers to “hair-styles”, as defined in treatises such as the Pāñcarātra, Pādmasaṃhitā and Vaikhānasa-āgamas, extensively dealing with the technical features of temple art, iconography and architecture in Vaishnavism.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Keśabandha (केशबन्ध).—
1) a hair-band; (virājase) मुकुटेन विचित्रेण केशबन्धेन शोभिना (mukuṭena vicitreṇa keśabandhena śobhinā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.6.12.
12) a particular position of hands in dancing.
Derivable forms: keśabandhaḥ (केशबन्धः).
Keśabandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms keśa and bandha (बन्ध).
Keśabandha (केशबन्ध).—m. a hair fillet, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 12, 28. Daśabandha, i. e.
Keśabandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms keśa and bandha (बन्ध).
Keśabandha (केशबन्ध).—[masculine] hair-band.
1) Keśabandha (केशबन्ध):—[=keśa-bandha] [from keśa] m. a hair-band, [Mahābhārata iv, 190; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] = -veṣa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a particular position of the hands in dancing.
[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
Kēśabaṃdha (ಕೇಶಬಂಧ):—
1) [noun] a binding of hair; hair tied into a bundle.
2) [noun] (dance.) one of the dance hand gestures in which one of the hands placed at the hip is turned down and the other turned up and both moved alternatively from shoulder to hip and hip to shoulder.
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Kēśabaṃdhana (ಕೇಶಬಂಧನ):—[noun] = ಕೇಶಬಂಧ- [keshabamdha-] 1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
kesabandha (ကေသဗန္ဓ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[kesa+bandha]
[ကေသ+ဗန္ဓ]
[Pali to Burmese]
kesabandha—
(Burmese text): ဆံထုံးခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Hairstyling.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kesa, Bandha.
Starts with: Keshabandhavartana.
Full-text: Keshabandhavartana, Samyutta-hastani, Mauli, Nrittahasta, Latabha, Shobhin, Vartana.
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