Samcaribhava, Saṃcāribhāva, Sañcāribhāva, Sancaribhava, Sancarin-bhava, Samcarin-bhava: 6 definitions

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Samcaribhava 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Samcharibhava.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Saṃcāribhāva (संचारिभाव) is another name for vyabhicāribhāva, a Sanskrit technical term referring to “complementary psychological states”, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 7.31.

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)

Sañcāribhāva (सञ्चारिभाव) refers to the “transitory feelings of mind” in Indian Dramas, according to the Sāhityadarpaṇa.—The state of utsāha is the sthāyībhāva of vīrarasa. It increases energy and excitement to mind and projects the heroic sentiment through the sañcāribhāvas i.e., transitory feelings of mind like: dhṛti i.e., firmness, mati i.e., intellect, garva i.e., pride, smṛti i.e., memory, tarka i.e., speculation and romāñca i.e., horripilation.

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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).

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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

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Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (kavyashastra)

Saṃcāribhāva (संचारिभाव) is another name for Vyabhicāribhāva: the “accessories of permanent emotions” (like rati etc.) according to Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century). Saṃcāribhāva can also be spelled like Sañcāribhāva.

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

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Source: Pure Bhakti: Bhajana-rahasya - 2nd Edition

Sañcāribhāva (सञ्चारिभाव) refers to:—Also known as vyabhicāri-bhāvas; thirty-three internal emotions which emerge from the nectarean ocean of sthāyibhāva, cause it to swell and then merge back into it. These include emotions such as despondency, jubilation, fear, anxiety and concealment of emotions. (cf. Glossary page from Bhajana-Rahasya).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Saṃcāribhāva (संचारिभाव):—[=saṃcāri-bhāva] [from saṃcāri > saṃ-car] m. a transitory feeling (= vyabhi-cāri-bh q.v.), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Samcaribhava in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃcāribhāva (ಸಂಚಾರಿಭಾವ):—[noun] any of thirty three minor sentiments that enrich or embelish the main sentiments in literature, music or dance.

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Saṃcārībhāva (ಸಂಚಾರೀಭಾವ):—[noun] = ಸಂಚಾರಿಭಾವ [samcaribhava].

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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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