Alternative spellings of this word include Natakiy.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

1) Nāṭakīyā (नाटकीया, “actresses”) refers to one of the classes of “women” (strī) who have dealings with the king, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 34. Accordingly, “women who have physical beauty, good qualities, generosity, feminine charm, patience, and good manners, and who possess soft, sweet and charming voice, and varying notes in her throat, and who are experts in the representation of Passion (helā), and Feeling (bhāva), know well of representation of the Temperament (sattva), have sweetness of manners, are skilled in playing musical instruments, have a knowledge of notes, tāla and yati, and are associated with the master of the dramatic art, clever, skilled in acting, capable of using reasoning positive and negative (ūhāpoha), and have youthful age with beauty, are known as actresses (nāṭakīyā)”.

According to verse 78-79, “women (the nāṭakīyās) in the royal harem who attend all the movements of the king, should be employed, when they are proficient in performing all classes of dance, in the royal theatre under the authority of the harem”.

2) Nāṭakīyā (नाटकीया, “actresses”) refers to a member of a theatrical party, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 35. Accordingly, “a woman who knows all about the playing of drums, laya (tempo) and tāla and is conversant with sentiments, and is beautiful in all her limbs, should be made an actress (nāṭakīyā)”.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nāṭakīya (नाटकीय).—a. [nāṭaka-cha] Pertaining to a drama, dramatic; पूर्वरङ्गः प्रसंगाय नाटकीयस्य वस्तुना (pūrvaraṅgaḥ prasaṃgāya nāṭakīyasya vastunā) Śiśupālavadha 2.8.

-yā An actress or dancing girl.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nāṭakīya (नाटकीय).—mfn.

(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Dramatic. E. nāṭaka, and cha aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nāṭakīya (नाटकीय).—[adjective] dramatic; [feminine] ā actress.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nāṭakīya (नाटकीय):—[from nāṭa] mfn. dramatic, [Śiśupāla-vadha ii, 8]

2) Nāṭakīyā (नाटकीया):—[from nāṭakīya > nāṭa] f. an actress or dancing girl, [Bharata-nāṭya-śāstra; Daśakumāra-carita]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nāṭakīya (नाटकीय):—[(yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a.] Dramatic.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nāṭakīya (नाटकीय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇāḍaijja.

[Sanskrit to German]

Natakiya in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nāṭakīya (नाटकीय) [Also spelled natakiy]:—(a) dramatic; his. trionic; ~[tā] dramatic element/character; —[prabhāva] stage effect,

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nāṭakīya (ನಾಟಕೀಯ):—

1) [adjective] of or connected with drama; dramatic.

2) [adjective] not real; imaginary; pretended; false.

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Nāṭakīya (ನಾಟಕೀಯ):—

1) [noun] an acting (as in a play, cinema, etc.).

2) [noun] a presentation having dramatic qualities and characters.

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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)

Starts with: Natakiyar, Natakiyate, Natakiyavyamgya.

Full-text: Natakiy, Nadaijja, Nataki, Stri.

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