Pushpagandika, Puṣpagaṇḍikā, Pushpa-gandika: 9 definitions
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Pushpagandika 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 Puṣpagaṇḍikā can be transliterated into English as Puspagandika or Pushpagandika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraPuṣpagaṇḍikā (पुष्पगण्डिका) refers to one of the twelve types of lāsya, or “gentle form of dance” according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 20. These various lāsya are presented as a specific type of dramatic play (nāṭya) similar to that of the Bhāṇa type
Source: archive.org: Natya ShastraPuṣpagaṇḍikā (पुष्पगण्डिका).—One of the twelve types of lāsya;—When a woman in the guise of a man recites something sweetly in Sanskrit íor the pleasure of her female friends, it is an instance of the Puṣpagaṇḍikā.
Source: svAbhinava: Abhinavagupta’s Treatment of the lāsyāṅgasPuṣpagaṇḍikā (पुष्पगण्डिका).—One of the ten type of lāsyāṅga, or ‘elements of the gentle dance’;—In it there is the use of various meters in which the songs are composed and there is the resort to (the imitation of) the ac tions of men by women. In place of vṛttāni (‘mode of behavior’) the other reading is nṛttāni (‘dance sequences’). According to this reading there would be the use of various dances in it. It has the delicate performa nce of the characters, rendered striking by the mixture of the playing of the stringed, wind and percussion instruments. Abhinava says that this aṅga is so called due to its similarity with a garland, which has the striking variety of the employment of song, dance and verbal composition.
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 dictionaryPuṣpagaṇḍikā (पुष्पगण्डिका).—Name of a kind of farce (in which men act as women and women as men); S. D.
Puṣpagaṇḍikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣpa and gaṇḍikā (गण्डिका).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣpagaṇḍikā (पुष्पगण्डिका).—f.
(-kā) Contrary purpose or effort of a man and woman.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣpagaṇḍikā (पुष्पगण्डिका):—[=puṣpa-gaṇḍikā] [from puṣpa > puṣ] f. Name of a kind of farce in which men act as women and women as men, [Bharata-nāṭya-śāstra; Sāhitya-darpaṇa] (‘contrary purpose or effort of man and woman’ [Horace H. Wilson])
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣpagaṇḍikā (पुष्पगण्डिका):—[puṣpa-gaṇḍikā] (kā) 1. f. Reversed effort.
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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.
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Partial matches: Pushpa, Gandika.
Full-text: Lasyanga, Lasya, Natyangani.
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