Vilasika, Vilāsikā: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVilāsikā (विलासिका).—A drama in one act full of love-incidents; it is thus defined in S. D. :-शृङ्गारबहुलैकाङ्का दश- लास्याङ्गसंयुता । विदूषकविटाभ्यां च पीठमर्देन भूषिता । हीना गर्भ- विमर्शाभ्यां संधिभ्यां हीननायका । स्वल्पवृत्ता सुनेपथ्या विख्याता सा विलासिका (śṛṅgārabahulaikāṅkā daśa- lāsyāṅgasaṃyutā | vidūṣakaviṭābhyāṃ ca pīṭhamardena bhūṣitā | hīnā garbha- vimarśābhyāṃ saṃdhibhyāṃ hīnanāyakā | svalpavṛttā sunepathyā vikhyātā sā vilāsikā) || 552.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVilāsikā (विलासिका).—f.
(-kā) A drama in one act on any light subject or adventure. vi, las to shine, ṇvul aff., fem. form.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVilāsikā (विलासिका):—[=vi-lāsikā] [from vi-lāsaka > vi-lāsa > vi-las] f. a kind of drama (in one act on any light subject or adventure), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVilāsikā (विलासिका):—(kā) 1. f. Light drama in one act.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vilāsika (विलासिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vilāsia.
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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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryVilāsikā (विलासिका):—n. one-act play full of love incidents;
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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Starts with: Vilasikatva.
Ends with: Kavilashika.
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