Hallisha, Hallīśa, Hallīṣa: 7 definitions
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Hallisha has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Hallīśa and Hallīṣa can be transliterated into English as Hallisa or Hallisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchHallīśa (हल्लीश):—
1) m. eine Art einactiger Schauspiele, in denen ein Mann mit sieben, acht oder zehn Frauen auftritt, [Sāhityadarpana 555.] —
2) n. hallīśa und ka ein Tanz von Frauen unter Anführung eines Mannes [kāvyādarśa S. 37, 9. 11. 15. fg.] hallīśaka [Hārāvalī 49.] hallīṣa [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 126.] hallīṣaka [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] hallīsaka [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 281.] [Harivaṃśa 8450] nach der Lesart der neueren Ausg. (nach [Nīlakaṇṭha] ein Tanz, nach dem Zusammenhange eher ein best. musikalisches Instrument). Davon denom. hallīsakāyita (so ist zu lesen) [Oxforder Handschriften 72,a,26.]
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: Hallishaka, Hallishakuna.
Ends with: Khallisha.
Full-text: Hallishaka, Keliraivataka, Hallisakaya, Hallish.
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