Madhyakshama, Madhyakṣamā, Madhya-kshama: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Madhyakṣamā can be transliterated into English as Madhyaksama or Madhyakshama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Madhyakṣamā (मध्यक्षमा) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) of the Vṛtta-type (akṣarachandas: metres regulated by akṣaras, syllabes).—The metre Madhyakṣamā occurs when the first four syllables are long and after the tenth syllable, four syllables are again long. This metre is found to be employed in the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita.
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
Madhyakṣāmā (मध्यक्षामा):—[=madhya-kṣāmā] [from madhya] f. ‘slender-waisted’ or, ‘slender in the centre’, Name of a kind of metre, [Colebrooke]
Madhyakṣāmā (मध्यक्षामा):—[(ma + kṣā)] adj. f. in der Mitte schlank; subst. ein best. Metrum, 4 Mal {Ç}, [Colebrooke II, 161 (IX, 10).] kṣamā gedr.
Madhyakṣāmā (मध्यक्षामा):—f. ein best. Metrum.
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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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
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