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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Google Books: Manusmṛti with the Manubhāṣya

Raṅgāvatāraka (रङ्गावतारक) refers to persons, other than the dancer and the singer, who help in the stage; or, as Medhātithi says, one who, through curiosity, visits each and every stage. (See the Manubhāṣya verse 4.215)

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Raṅgāvatāraka (रङ्गावतारक).—m. an actor; कर्मारस्य निषादस्य रङ्गावतारकस्य च (karmārasya niṣādasya raṅgāvatārakasya ca) Manusmṛti 4.215.

Derivable forms: raṅgāvatārakaḥ (रङ्गावतारकः).

Raṅgāvatāraka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms raṅga and avatāraka (अवतारक). See also (synonyms): raṅgāvatārin.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Raṅgāvatāraka (रङ्गावतारक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. An actor, a baffoon. 2. A boxer. 3. A bard or panegyrist. E. raṅga acting, dancing, ava depreciative prefix, tṝ to pass, vun aff.; also with ṇini aff., raṅgāvatārin .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Raṅgāvatāraka (रङ्गावतारक).—i. e. raṅga-ava-tṛ10 + aka, m. A stage player, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 215.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Raṅgāvatāraka (रङ्गावतारक).—[adjective] who enters the stage, [masculine] an actor.

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

Raṅgāvatāraka (रङ्गावतारक):—[from raṅga > raj] m. (cf. [preceding]) a stage-player, actor, [Manu-smṛti iv, 215; Yājñavalkya i, 161] (the latter also ‘an actor who dresses like Rudra’ [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Raṅgāvatāraka (रङ्गावतारक):—[raṅgā+vatāraka] (kaḥ) 1. m. An actor.

[Sanskrit to German]

Rangavataraka in German

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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: Avataraka, Ranga.

Full-text: Avataraka, Rangavatarin.

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Verse 4.215 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]

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