Urudvritta, Ūrūdvṛttā, Uru-udvritta, Ūrūdvṛtta: 2 definitions
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Urudvritta 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.
The Sanskrit terms Ūrūdvṛttā and Ūrūdvṛtta can be transliterated into English as Urudvrtta or Urudvritta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra1) Ūrūdvṛtta (ऊरूद्वृत्त).—One of the 108 karaṇas (minor dance movement) mentioned in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 4. The instructions for this ūrūdvṛtta-karaṇa is as follows, “a hand made Āvṛtta (Vyavartita) and then bent and placed on the thigh, shanks made Añcita and Udvṛtta.”.
A karaṇa represents a minor dance movements and combines sthāna (standing position), cārī (foot and leg movement) and nṛttahasta (hands in dancing position).
2) Ūrūdvṛttā (ऊरूद्वृत्ता) refers to a one of the thirty-two cārīs, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 11. The Ūrūdvṛttā-cārī is classified as a bhaumī, or “earthly”, of which there are sixteen in total. The term cārī refers to a “dance-step” and refers to the simultaneous movement of the feet (pāda), shanks (jaṅghā) and the hip (ūru). From these cārīs proceed dance as well as movements in general.
Source: archive.org: Natya ShastraŪrūdvṛttā (ऊरूद्वृत्ता).—A type of earthly (bhaumī) dance-step (cārī);—Instructions: the heel of a Talasañcara foot placed outwards, one of the shanks to be slightly bent and the thigh turned up.
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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Partial matches: Udvritta, Uru.
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