Mandalagra, Maṇḍalāgra, Mandala-agra, Mamdalagra, Manda-alagra: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र) refers to a kind of weapon (a bent or rounded sword, or khaḍga). It is a Sanskrit word defined in the Dhanurveda-saṃhitā, which contains a list of no less than 117 weapons. The Dhanurveda-saṃhitā is said to have been composed by the sage Vasiṣṭha, who in turn transmitted it trough a tradition of sages, which can eventually be traced to Śiva and Brahmā.
Dhanurveda (धनुर्वेद) refers to the “knowledge of warfare” and, as an upaveda, is associated with the Ṛgveda. It contains instructions on warfare, archery and ancient Indian martial arts, dating back to the 2nd-3rd millennium BCE.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र) refers to one of the fifty types of Cālakas (“variety of hand-movements”), according to Kallinātha’s Kalānidhi commentary on the Saṅgītaratnākara 7.349 (Vol. IV, pp.110-125).—Kohala says that though there are infinite number of cālakas, the ones that are actively being used in lakṣya alone are being described by him. He proceeds to describe fifty cālakas [for example, maṇḍalāgra]. After giving a detailed explanation for each of these fifty cālakas, Kohala says that he has just related the details about cālakas as mentioned by Lord Śiva and follows that with the benefits of performing these cālakas (kīrti, maṅgala 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).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र) refers to a type of Patra (plant-leaf), which represents a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.— The vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda deals with various parts of plants, e.g., Leaf (parṇa or patra). [...] A leaf which has a round apex is called maṇḍalāgra. The petiole is attached to the base of the lamina.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र).—a. round-pointed.
-graḥ a bent or crooked sword, scimitar.
-gram a surgeon's circular knife.
Maṇḍalāgra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇḍala and agra (अग्र).
Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र).—m.
(-graḥ) A sword, a scimitar. E. maṇḍala a circle, agra a top or point.
Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र).—m. a sword.
Maṇḍalāgra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇḍala and agra (अग्र).
1) Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र):—[from maṇḍala] mfn. round-pointed (as a sword), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] m. (n.) a bent or rounded sword, scimitar, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
3) [v.s. ...] n. ([scilicet] śastra) a surgeon’s circular knife, [Suśruta]
Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र):—[maṇḍalā+gra] (graḥ) 1. m. A sword.
Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र):—[(maṇḍala + agra)]
1) adj. dessen Spitze rund ausläuft: karavīrapattraśūlāgramaṇḍalāgrāḥ (khaṅgāḥ) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 50, 7.] —
2) m. ein krummer Säbel [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 57.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 782.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 156.] maṇḍalāgrogradhāreva [PĀRŚVANĀTHAK. 3, 171] [?(nach AUFRECHT). Nalopākhyāna Halāyudha 2, 317.] —
3) n. (sc. śastra) ein abgerundetes chirurgisches Messer [Suśruta 1, 26, 11. 14. 2, 92, 20. 93, 10. 129, 16. 334, 20. 336, 5.]
Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र):——
1) Adj. dessen Spitze rund ausläuft. —
2) m. (*n.) ein krummer Säbel. —
3) n. ein abgerundetes chirurgisches Messer.
Maṇḍalāgra (मण्डलाग्र) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Maṃḍalagga.
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
Maṃḍalāgra (ಮಂಡಲಾಗ್ರ):—
1) [noun] a sword which is bent at the tip, towards the hilt.
2) [noun] a particular lock in wrestling.
3) [noun] particular movement in mace-fight.
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Maṃḍaḷāgra (ಮಂಡಳಾಗ್ರ):—[noun] = ಮಂಡಲಾಗ್ರ [mamdalagra].
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)
Partial matches (+0): Agra, Mandala, Manda, Manta.
Full-text (+0): Mandalagga, Khadga, Calaka.
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