Alapadma: 5 definitions
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Alapadma 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAlapadma (अलपद्म):—[(ala + padma)] m. eine best. Stellung der Hand [Oxforder Handschriften 86,a,27. 202,a,30] und [Nalopākhyāna 1.] alapadmaka [5.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAlapadma (अलपद्म):—und ka m. eine best. Stellung der Hand.
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.
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Starts with: Alapadmahasta, Alapadmaka.
Ends with: Dvidalapadma, Prabalapadma, Pravalapadma, Sthalapadma.
Full-text (+7): Purukutsa, Sagara, Ashvattha, Cakravaka, Ikshu, Alapadmahasta, Udveshtitala-padma, Avahittha, Vismayahasta, Ardhasuci, Kolapadma, Asamyuta, Candra, Alapallava, Bhikshatana, Varasiddhi, Kashi-annapurani, Kapittha, Uruhasta, Surya.
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Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)
Chapter 27 - Hands denoting Flying Creatures
Chapter 25 - Hands denoting Trees
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
2. The Viṣṇudharmottara-purāṇa and the Indian Classical Dances < [Chapter 6 - Modern Relevance of Different Art Forms and Architecture]
2.2. Hand Postures (a): Asaṃyukta-hasta < [Chapter 3 - Drama and Dance]
Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Description of Gati in Abhinayadarpaṇa < [Chapter 2 - Concept and technique of Gati]
Analysis of technical terms: Nāṭya, Nṛtta, Nṛtya < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭya]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)