Ankavatara, Aṅkāvatāra, Anka-avatara, Amkavatara: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAṅkāvatāra (अङ्कावतार):—[(aṅka + a)] m. in der Dramatik Uebergang zu einem andern Acte, die Vorbereitung der Zuhörer am Schlusse eines Actes auf den folgenden Act, wie z. B. durch die Worte des Vidūṣaka [Mālavikāgnimitra 16,22. fgg.] [DAŚAR.1,56.] [Sāhityadarpana 308. 311.] [PRATĀPAR. 23,a,2.]
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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Partial matches: Avatara, Anka.
Starts with: Ankavatarana.
Ends with: Lankavatara, Saddharmalankavatara.
Full-text: Arthopakshepaka, Ankavatarana.
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Dramaturgy in the Venisamhara (by Debi Prasad Namasudra)
Arthopakshepakas (modes of Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - Dramaturgy in Veṇīsaṃhāra]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
Part 13 - Technical Aspects of a Nāṭaka < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭaka (critical study)]
Part 11 - Technical Aspects of a Vyāyoga < [Chapter 5 - Vyāyoga (critical study)]
Part 11 - Technical Aspects of a Ḍima < [Chapter 4 - Ḍima (critical study)]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
Chapter XXI - Limbs of Segments (sandhi)
Part 3 - Literary Structure of the Drama < [Introduction, part 1]