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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Prasarpita (प्रसर्पित).—One of the 108 karaṇas (minor dance movement) mentioned in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 4. It is also known by the name Prasarpitaka. The instructions for this prasarpita-karaṇa is as follows, “one hand to be Recita and the other with Latā gesture, and feet to be Saṃsarpitatala (= Talasañcara).”.

A karaṇa represents a minor dance movements and combines sthāna (standing position), cārī (foot and leg movement) and nṛttahasta (hands in dancing position).

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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).

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Prasarpita (प्रसर्पित) refers to “having come forth (from the tradition of the masters)”.—Accordingly, The author of the Khacakrapañcakastotra (115d) addresses the form of Kālī who is the goddess of the Kashmiri Kālīkrama as: “mistress of all the gods! (you who have) come forth (prasarpita) from the Tradition of the Masters!”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prasarpita (प्रसर्पित).—p. p. Spread, diffused.

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

Prasarpita (प्रसर्पित):—[=pra-sarpita] [from pra-sarpa > pra-sṛp] mfn. ([from] [Causal]) crawling along, [Ṛtusaṃhāra]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prasarpita (ಪ್ರಸರ್ಪಿತ):—

1) [adjective] spread out; dispersed widely.

2) [adjective] disseminated; propagated; diffused.

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Prasarpita (ಪ್ರಸರ್ಪಿತ):—[noun] (dance.) a particular movement using one hand and leg of the same side followed by the movement of another hand and the leg of the other side.

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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.

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Partial matches: Pra, Sarpita.

Starts with: Prasarpitaka, Prasarpitatala.

Full-text: Prasarpitaka.

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Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)

Chapter IV - Description of the Class Dance (tāṇḍava)

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