Pishtakutta, Piṣṭakuṭṭa, Pishta-kutta: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Piṣṭakuṭṭa can be transliterated into English as Pistakutta or Pishtakutta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraPiṣṭakuṭṭa (पिष्टकुट्ट) is another name (synonym) for Adhyardha, a Sanskrit technical term referring to a one of the twenty maṇḍalas, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 12. The Piṣṭakuṭṭa-maṇḍala is classified as a ākāśa, or “aerial”, of which there are ten in total. A maṇḍala is a combination of cārīs (“dance-steps”), which refers refers to the simultaneous movement of the feet (pāda), shanks (jaṅghā) and the hip (ūru). From these cārīs proceed dance as well as movements in general.
Source: archive.org: Natya ShastraPiṣṭakuṭṭa (पिष्टकुट्ट).—A type of maṇḍala (series of cārīs) classified as earthly (bhūmi);—Instructions:
1) The right foot (to be moved) in the sūcī-cārī and the left foot in the apakrāntā,
2) The right foot in the bhujaṅgatrasitā-cārī and the left foot too in the same-cārī.
3) Thus going round in the bhujaṅgatrasitā-cārī is known as the cārī-maṇḍala named the piṣṭakuṭṭa to be used in personal combat.
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
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPiṣṭakuṭṭa (ಪಿಷ್ಟಕುಟ್ಟ):—[noun] (dance.) a moving in a circle keeping one foot after another in all the directions.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Pista, Kutta.
Full-text: Mandala.
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