Alternative spellings of this word include Ullasit.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Saṅgītaśiromaṇi

Ullāsita (उल्लासित, “jumping”) refers to one of the fifteen aspects of gamaka (embellishments, ornamentation) that are used in Indian classical music (gāndharva), according to the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi 14.83-94. These gamakas refer to essential elements of the sthāyas (technical phrases) of rāgas (melodic modes). Accordingly, “in ullāsita a note moves each time to the next higher note in the scale”.

Source: archive.org: Northern Indian Music Volume I

Ullāsita (उल्लासित, “laughing”) refers to one of the gamakas (graces):—“When the ntoes follow one another in order this is called ‘laughing’ (ullāsita)”. (Saṅgītaratnākara 2.3.94)

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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).

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)

Ullasita (उल्लसित) refers to the “thrill” (of the roar of drums), according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 225-226).—Accordingly, while describing the shire of the Goddess Caṇḍikā, “[Then follows the image of the Goddess Caṇḍikā, which matches the conception of Kālarātri in the passage from the Mahābhārata:] [...] she was adorned in garlands of bilva-leaves furnished with gleaming fruits and buds anointed with red sandalwood, that were like hanging garlands of infant-heads; she expressed cruelty with limbs worshipped with clusters of kadamba flowers ruddy with blood, which horripilated, it seemed, at the thrill (ullasita) of the flavour of the keen roar of drums during the animal-offering; [...]”.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ullasita (उल्लसित).—p S Delighted, rejoiced, pleased. 2 a Brilliant, splendid, glittering.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ullasita (उल्लसित).—p. p.

1) Shining, brilliant, splendid.

2) Happy, delighted.

3) Drawn up, uplifted, brandishing (as a sword.) ददृशुरुल्लसितासिलतासिताः (dadṛśurullasitāsilatāsitāḥ) Śiśupālavadha 6.51.

4) Gleaming, fluttering. °हरिणकेतनः रथः (hariṇaketanaḥ rathaḥ) V.1.

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Ullāsita (उल्लासित).—a. Delighted, rejoicing.

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

Ullasita (उल्लसित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Bright, splendid, shining. 2. Happy. 3. Ejected, brought to the top or surface. 4. Drawn up. E. ud before las to shine, kta aff.

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Ullāsita (उल्लासित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Delighted, rejoicing. E. ud before las to shine, causal form, kta aff.

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

Ullasita (उल्लसित).—[adjective] shone forth, appeared; joyous, petulant; moving to and for.

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

1) Ullasita (उल्लसित):—[=ul-lasita] [from ul-las] mfn. shining, bright, brilliant, [Pañcarātra]

2) [v.s. ...] coming forth, rising, appearing, [Śiśupāla-vadha; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] ejected, brought out

4) [v.s. ...] drawn, unsheathed (as a sword), [Śiśupāla-vadha vi, 51]

5) [v.s. ...] merry, happy, joyful, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

6) [v.s. ...] moving, trembling.

7) Ullāsita (उल्लासित):—[=ul-lāsita] [from ul-las] mfn. caused to shine, caused to come forth, etc.

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

1) Ullasita (उल्लसित):—[ulla+sita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) Splendid.

2) Ullāsita (उल्लासित):—[ullā+sita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) p. Delighted.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ullasita (उल्लसित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ullasia, Ūsalia, Ūsuṃbhia, Guṃjollia, Ṇillasija.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ullasita (उल्लसित) [Also spelled ullasit]:—(a) joyous, full of delight and joy.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ullasita (ಉಲ್ಲಸಿತ):—

1) [adjective] shining brightly; splendid; resplendent.

2) [adjective] giving pleasure; pleasing; gratifying.

3) [adjective] delighted; happy.

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Ullasita (ಉಲ್ಲಸಿತ):—

1) [noun] (mus.) one of the twenty two notes in a scale.

2) [noun] a delighted, happy man.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Lashita, Ul.

Ends with: Samullasita.

Full-text: Ullasia, Usumbhia, Usalia, Nillasija, Gumjollia, Ullasit, Samullasita, Gamaka, Vilas, Lash.

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