Mamsalata, Māṃsalatā, Mamsa-lata: 5 definitions
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Mamsalata 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.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Māṃsalatā (मांसलता, “force”) is one of the four qualities of diction, according to Soḍḍhala (author of the Udayasundarīkathā). Māṃsalatā is defined as “stoutness or force”. The four qualities should be used by a poet to make use of in his diction.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Māṃsalatā (मांसलता).—a wrinkle.
Māṃsalatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māṃsa and latā (लता).
Māṃsalatā (मांसलता):—[=māṃsa-latā] [from māṃsa > māṃs] f. ‘fl°-tendril’, a wrinkle, [Bhartṛhari]
Māṃsalatā (मांसलता):—[(māṃsa + la)] f. Runzel [Scholiast] zu [Bhartṛhari] [?(lith. Ausg.) 3, 14 (Spr. 1948).]
Māṃsalatā (मांसलता):—f. Runzel.
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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