Patrabhanga, Patrabhaṅga, Patra-bhanga, Patrabhamga: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kama)Patrabhaṅga (पत्रभङ्ग) or Karṇapatrabhaṅga refers to “making designs (called karṇapātra)”, representing one of the “sixty four kinds of Art”, according to the Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa.—Indian tradition, basically includes sixty four Art forms are acknowledged. The references of sixty four kinds of kalā are found in the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, Śaiva-Tantras, Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa etc.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPatrabhaṅga (पत्रभङ्ग).—f.
1) drawing lines or figures of painting on the face and person with fragrant and coloured substances, such as musk, saffron, sandal-juice, yellow pigment &c., as a mark of decoration; कस्तूरीवरपत्रभङ्गनिकरो मृष्टो न गण्डस्थले (kastūrīvarapatrabhaṅganikaro mṛṣṭo na gaṇḍasthale) Ś. Til.7. (used frequently in K.).
2) leaves or leafy branches fed to elephants; Mātaṅga L.9.1.
Derivable forms: patrabhaṅgaḥ (पत्रभङ्गः).
Patrabhaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms patra and bhaṅga (भङ्ग). See also (synonyms): patrabhaṅgi.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPatrabhaṅga (पत्रभङ्ग).—mf. (-ṅgaḥ-ṅgī) Decorating the person by staining it with fragrant pigments of sandal, musk, &c. E. patra a leaf, bhañja to break, aff. ac.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPatrabhaṅga (पत्रभङ्ग).—m., and f. gī, strokes and lines drawn on the face with fragrant pigments of sandal, musk, etc., Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 622
Patrabhaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms patra and bhaṅga (भङ्ग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPatrabhaṅga (पत्रभङ्ग):—[patra-bhaṅga] (ṅgaḥ-ṅgī) 1. m. 3. f. Perfuming with sandal, musk, &c.
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 corpusPatrabhaṃga (ಪತ್ರಭಂಗ):—[noun] a figure painted on the bodies of women with different dyes.
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: Patra, Bhanga.
Ends with: Karnapatrabhanga.
Full-text: Patramkura, Patravalli, Patrarekhe, Patralekhe, Pattramanjari, Pattranguli, Patraracana, Patravisheshaka, Patrabhangi.
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