Nishkrama, Niṣkrama: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Niṣkrama can be transliterated into English as Niskrama or Nishkrama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra1) Niṣkrama (निष्क्रम, “going out”) refers to a specific gesture (āṅgika) made with the eyeballs (tārā), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 8. These gestures form a part of the histrionic representation (abhinaya).
2) Niṣkrama (निष्क्रम) refers to one of the twenty aspects of tāla (time-measure), according to the Nāṭyaśāstrahapter chapter 28. In musical performance, tāla refers to any rhythmic beat or strike that measures musical time. It is an important concept in ancient Indian musical theory (gāndharvaśāstra) traceable to the Vedic era.
According to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 31, niṣkrāma is one of the four varieties of the silent tāla. Accordingly, “the niṣkrāma is spreading out the fingers of the palm turned downwards”, and “after showing the āvāpa (lit. the curving the fingers) one should be making the niṣkrāma and then the vikṣepa and next the praveśana (praveśa)”. The tāla is so called because it measures time by a division of songs into kalās”.
3) Niṣkrama (निष्क्रम, “departing”) refers to “songs to indicate leaving”. It is one of the five kinds of dhruvā (a type of song according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 32).
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNiṣkrama (निष्क्रम).—
1) Going out, coming forth; अविभावितनिष्क्रमप्रयाणः (avibhāvitaniṣkramaprayāṇaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 13.27.
2) Departure from, exit.
3) One of the Saṃskāras or religious rites; i. e. taking out a child for the first time into the open air (which is usually performed in the fourth month of its age); चतुर्थे मासि निष्क्रमः (caturthe māsi niṣkramaḥ) Y.1.12; cf. उपनिष्क्रमण (upaniṣkramaṇa) also.
4) Degradation, loss of caste, inferiority of tribe.
5) Intellectual faculty.
Derivable forms: niṣkramaḥ (निष्क्रमः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣkrama (निष्क्रम).—m.
(-maḥ) 1. Any intellectual faculty, as attention, comprehension, &c. 2. Degradation, baseness, inferiority of tribe, family, &c. 3. Going out, exit. 4. Intellectual faculty. E. nir assuredly or forth, and krama going.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣkrama (निष्क्रम).—i. e. nis-kram + a, m. Going out, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 4, 12.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣkrama (निष्क्रम).—[masculine] ṇa [neuter] going out ([especially] for the first time with a child).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Niṣkrama (निष्क्रम):—[=niṣ-krama] [from niṣ-kram] m. going out, coming forth, an exit, departing from ([ablative]), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] the first carrying out (of a child; cf. next), [Yājñavalkya]
3) [v.s. ...] degradation, loss of caste, inferiority of tribe, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] intellectual faculty, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣkrama (निष्क्रम):—[ni-ṣkrama] (maḥ) 1. m. Going out; any mental faculty, as attention; degradation, inferiority.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Niṣkrama (निष्क्रम) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇikkama, Ṇikkhama.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNiṣkrama (ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಮ):—
1) [noun] the act of going out; an instance of this; exit; departure.
2) [noun] the power of receiving and holding knowledge, impressions, etc.; mental ability.
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Niṣkrāma (ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಾಮ):—[adjective] coming out.
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Niṣkrāma (ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಾಮ):—[noun] (dance.) a bringing of the eye-balls to the centre, one of the movements of the eye-balls.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryNiṣkrama (निष्क्रम):—adj. not in sequence or order; unsequential;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Krama, Ni, Nish.
Starts with: Nishkraman, Nishkramana, Nishkramanajihva, Nishkramanakrama, Nishkramanaprayoga, Nishkramanika, Nishkramayitar, Nitkramanita.
Ends with: Durnishkrama, Vinishkrama.
Full-text: Nikkama, Nikkhama, Nishkramana, Nishkramanika, Nishkriti, Avapa, Vikshepa, Nishkraya, Praveshaka, Paramita, Tara, Tala, Dhruva.
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Tāla (beat) or Measure of time < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.9.26 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (9): Kāla-samuddeśa (On Time)]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
Chapter XXXI - On the Time-measure (tāla)
Chapter VI - Sentiments (rasa)
Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Gati performed in Dhruvā-gāna < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in Dṛśya-kāvyas]
Literary and dramatic elements in Nāṭyaśāstra < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭya]
Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
(iii) Proportionate measurements (Māna, Aṅgula, Hasta) < [Chapter 6 - Fundamental Canons of Hindu Architecture]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.27 < [Section VIII - Duties and Sacraments]