Tanumadhya, Tanu-madhya, Tanumadhyā: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra1) Tanumadhyā (तनुमध्या) refers to a type of syllabic metre (vṛtta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the first two and the last two syllables of a foot (pāda) are heavy (guru), while the rest of the syllables are light (laghu):
⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦
⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦
Tanumadhyā falls in the Gāyatrī class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four pādas (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’) containing six syllables each.
2) Tanumadhyā (तनुमध्या) is the name of a meter belonging to the Gāyatrī class of Dhruvā (songs) described in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 32:—“the metre which has in its feet of six syllables the first two and the last two long, is gāyatrī”.
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).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Tanumadhyā (तनुमध्या) refers to one of the 27 metres mentioned in the Suvṛttatilaka ascribed to Kṣemendra (11th century). The Suvṛttatilaka is a monumental work of Sanskrit prosody considered as unique in its nature. In this work Kṣemendra neither introduces any new metre nor discusses all the metres used in his time. He discusses 27 popular metres (e.g., Tanumadhyā) which were used frequently by the poets.
2) Tanumadhyā (तनुमध्या) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by Nañjuṇḍa (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. Nañjuṇḍa was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., Tanumadhyā) in 20 verses.
3) Tanumadhyā (तनुमध्या) refers to one of the seventy-two sama-varṇavṛtta (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th chapter of the Agnipurāṇa. The Agnipurāṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the tanu-madhyā metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)Tanumadhya (तनुमध्य) refers to the “middle part of the body”, according to the King Vatsarāja’s Pūjāstuti called the Kāmasiddhistuti (also Vāmakeśvarīstuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess Nityā.—Accordingly, “[...] Her body is beautiful and bears the hue of vermillion. Its middle part is slim (tanumadhya-bhāgā), [and] she is the repository of beauty. She is slightly bent like a young elephant because of her pitcher-like breasts, resembling the temples of a young elephant. Her eyes are moving and wide like those of a deer. She is moon-faced, her smiles are gentle, and she serves as the felicitous banner of the Love-god. [...]”.
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 dictionaryTanumadhya (तनुमध्य).—a. having a slender waist.
-dhyam the waist.
-dhyā a metre.
Tanumadhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tanu and madhya (मध्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTanumadhyā (तनुमध्या).—f.
(-dhyā) 1. A woman with a slender or elegant waist. 2. A species of the Gayatri metre. E. tanu, and madhya middle.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTanumadhya (तनुमध्य).—adj., f. yā, having a slender waist, [Nala] 3, 13.
Tanumadhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tanu and madhya (मध्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTanumadhya (तनुमध्य).—1. [neuter] the middle of the body, waist.
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Tanumadhya (तनुमध्य).—2. [adjective] having a slender waist.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tanumadhya (तनुमध्य):—[=tanu-madhya] [from tanu > tan] n. ‘body-middle’, the waist, [ib.]
2) [v.s. ...] mf(ā)n. = dhyama, [Nalopākhyāna iii, 13]
3) Tanumadhyā (तनुमध्या):—[=tanu-madhyā] [from tanu-madhya > tanu > tan] f. a metre of 4 x 6 (- u u - -) syllables.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTanumadhyā (तनुमध्या):—[tanu-madhyā] (dhyā) 1. f. A woman with an elegant, slender waist.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusTanumadhya (ತನುಮಧ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] the waist that is slender.
2) [noun] (pros.) a syllabic foot with six syllables.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryTanumadhya (तनुमध्य):—adj. having a slender waist;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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