Shringaraceshta, Śṛṅgāracēṣṭā, Śṛṅgāraceṣṭā, Shringara-ceshta: 4 definitions

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Shringaraceshta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 terms Śṛṅgāracēṣṭā and Śṛṅgāraceṣṭā can be transliterated into English as Srngaracesta or Shringaraceshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shringaracheshta.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shringaraceshta in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śṛṅgāracēṣṭā (शृंगारचेष्टा).—f (S) Amorous blandishments (on the part of the female sex); amorous wantoning or toying; dalliance. 2 Coquetry, flirting, female affectation of love.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śṛṅgāracēṣṭā (शृंगारचेष्टा).—f Amorous blandishments (on the part of the female sex). Coquetry, flirting.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shringaraceshta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śṛṅgāraceṣṭā (शृङ्गारचेष्टा).—an amorous or love-gesture; शृङ्गारचेष्टा विविधा बभूवुः (śṛṅgāraceṣṭā vividhā babhūvuḥ) R.6.12.

Śṛṅgāraceṣṭā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śṛṅgāra and ceṣṭā (चेष्टा).

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

Śṛṅgāraceṣṭā (शृङ्गारचेष्टा):—[=śṛṅgāra-ceṣṭā] [from śṛṅgāra > śṛṅga] f. ([Raghuvaṃśa]) love-gesture, any outward action indicating love.

context information

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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