Matrigupta, Mātṛgupta, Matṛgupta: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Mātṛgupta and Matṛgupta can be transliterated into English as Matrgupta or Matrigupta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Matṛgupta (मतृगुप्त) is the name of an authority on Nāṭya (ancient Indian art of performance and theater), as mentioned in the Dattilakohalīyam, one of the works ascribed to Kohala—a celebrated authority of the ancient period along with others such as Bharata, Yāṣṭika, Śārdūla, Kāśyapa etc.—There are verses of benediction to earlier authorities on nāṭya whose opinions were summarised in this work. This list in itself seems to be an interpolation from Saṅgītaratnākara. The names include, for example, Matṛgupta [...]. Subsequently the mythological account of the origin of nāṭya is described. According to this work, Bharata was handed this tradition by Brahma.
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
Mātṛgupta (मातृगुप्त).—[masculine] [Name] of a king.
Mātṛgupta (मातृगुप्त) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted by Raṅganātha on Vikramorvaśī. Fl. 444 (on nāndī and sūtradhāra).
Mātṛgupta (मातृगुप्त):—[=mātṛ-gupta] [from mātṛ] m. Name of a king and poet, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
Mātṛgupta (मातृगुप्त):—(1. mātar + gupta) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 129. 159. 191. 210.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 712. II, 398. 413.]
Mātṛgupta (मातृगुप्त):—m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Matri, Gupta.
Starts with (+0): Matrigupta kavi, Matriguptabhishenana.
Full-text (+0): Matrigupta kavi, Bhartrimentha, Matriguptabhishenana, Mentha.
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