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Mattakrida, Matta-krida, Ѳٳīḍ�, Ѳٳīḍa, Ѳٳٲīḍ�, Matta-akrida: 8 definitions

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Mattakrida 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.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Ѳٳīḍa (मत्ताक्री�).—One of the 32 ṅg (major dance movement) mentioned in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 4. The instructions for this ٳīḍa-ṅg is as follows, “assuming Nūpara-첹ṇa by turning Trika, then assuming Bhujaṅgatrāsita-첹ṇa assuming next Recita-첹ṇa with the right foot, and then assuming successively Ākṣiptaka, Chinna, Bāhyabhramaraka, Uromaṇḍala, Nitamba, Karihasta, Kaṭiccheda Karaṇas.�.

An ṅg represents a ‘major dance movement� and consists of a sequence of 첹ṇa (minor dance movements). A 첹ṇa combines ٳԲ (standing position), ī (foot and leg movement) and ṛtٲ󲹲ٲ (hands in dancing position).

Natyashastra book cover
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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) 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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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mattakrida in Chandas glossary
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Ѳٳٲīḍ� (मत्तक्रीडा) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by ñṇḍ (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. ñṇḍ 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., Ѳٳٲīḍ�) in 20 verses.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mattakrida in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ѳٳīḍ� (मत्ताक्रीडा).—Name of a metre; मत्ताक्रीडा म्नौ त्नौ नौ नल्गित� भवति वसुशरदशयनियुता (mattīḍ� mnau tnau nau nalgiti bhavati vasuśaradaśayaniyutā) V. Ratna.

Ѳٳīḍ� is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms matta and īḍ� (आक्रॶडा).

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

Ѳٳīḍa (मत्ताक्री�).—n.

(-ḍa�) A species of the Vikriti metre. E. matta, ākrīḍa playing,

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

Ѳٳīḍ� (मत्ताक्रीडा):—[from matta > mad] f. Name of a metre, [Colebrooke]

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mattakrida in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ѳٳīḍa (ಮತ್ತಾಕ್ರೀ�):—[noun] (dance.) one of the thirty two kinds of artistic combination of hand movements.

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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.

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