Lalitabhinaya, Lalitābhinaya, Lalita-abhinaya: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLalitābhinaya (ललिताभिनय).—a. consisting of graceful gesticulations or acting; ललिताभिनयं तमद्य भर्ता मरुतां द्रष्टुमनाः सलोकपालः (lalitābhinayaṃ tamadya bhartā marutāṃ draṣṭumanāḥ salokapālaḥ) V. 2.18.
Lalitābhinaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms lalita and abhinaya (अभिनय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLalitābhinaya (ललिताभिनय):—[from lalita > lal] m. erotic performance, representation of love scenes, [Bharata-nāṭya-śāstra]
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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Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Reference to Nāṭya, Nṛtta and Nṛtya Gati in Sanskrit dramas < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in Dṛśya-kāvyas]
Importance of Gati in Uparūpakas < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in Dṛśya-kāvyas]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)