The Sanskrit term Viṣamāyati can be transliterated into English as Visamayati or Vishamayati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Shodhganga: Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (ns)

Viṣamāyati (विषमायति) refers to one of the six types of Yati or “regulated manifestation” of Laya, i.e., the “gap (viśrānti) between two consecutive kriyās (actions) in a tāla (time-measure)”, according to the Tālalakṣaṇam, a work ascribed to Kohala—a celebrated authority of the ancient period along with others such as Bharata, Yāṣṭika, Śārdūla, Kāśyapa etc.—The Tālalakṣaṇa describes yati as a regulated manifestation of laya. [...] The author of Caturasabhāvilāsam mentions six varieties of yati namely, śrotovahā, gopucchā, samā, yavamadhyā (mṛdaṅgā-yati), vedimadhyā (pipīlikā-yati), and viṣamāyati. He also lists out some other yatis as given by Śārṅgadeva. [...]

context information

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).

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Visamāyati, (denom. fr. visama) to be uneven D. II, 269 (so read for visamā yanti). (Page 639)

context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Viṣamayati (ವಿಷಮಯತಿ):—[noun] (mus.) a kind of pause that occurs irregularly.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Viṣamayati (விஷமயதி) [viṣama-yati] noun < idem. +. (Music) A kind of yati; யதியு ளொன்று. [yathiyu lonru.] (பரதசாஸ்திரம் தாள. [magaparatham thala.] 54.)

context information

Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vishama, Yati.

Full-text: Pipilika, Yavamadhya, Gopuccha, Vedimadhya, Vishama, Mridanga, Mridangayati, Pipilikayati, Shrotovahayati, Gopucchayati, Samayati, Srotovaha, Yati, Sama.

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