Patalaksha, Patala-aksha, Pāṭalākṣa: 1 definition
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Patalaksha 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.
The Sanskrit term Pāṭalākṣa can be transliterated into English as Patalaksa or Patalaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Pāṭalākṣa (पाटलाक्ष) refers to the “yellow (or red)-eyed (division of hawks)”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the training of hawks]: “There are different ways of taming them according to the species to which they belong. Therefore an enumeration of the species [of hawks] is given below. There are two distinctly separate divisions, namely, ‘black-eyed’ and ‘yellow-eyed’ (pāṭalākṣa). The subdivisions of these are many. [...]”.
The Pāṭalākṣa (yellow-eyed hawks) are as follows:
- Vāja,
- Vāsa,
- Vesara,
- Sicāna,
- Jūra,
- Ceṭa,
- Dhūti,
- Ṭunā.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
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Partial matches: Aksha, Patala.
Full-text (+7): Patala, Sicana, Aurangana, Dhavana, Cakranga, Tona, Dhuti, Ceta, Dhutika, Tuna, Jura, Balaka, Vesara, Kalaka, Pratishthana, Shyena, Culikanka, Manika, Vasapratima, Patra.
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