Hastalaghava, Hastalāghava, Hasta-laghava: 9 definitions
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Hastalaghava means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kama)Hastalāghava (हस्तलाघव) refers to “deftness in manual work” and represents one of the “sixty four kinds of Art”, according to the Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa.—Indian tradition, basically includes sixty four Art forms are acknowledged. The references of sixty four kinds of kalā are found in the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, Śaiva-Tantras, Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa etc.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryhastalāghava (हस्तलाघव).—n (S) Lightness and smartness of hand; manual activity and ability; dexterity. 2 The word may be used to express Slight of hand or leger de main.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishhastalāghava (हस्तलाघव).—n Dexterity. Sleight of hand leger de main.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHastalāghava (हस्तलाघव).—
1) manual readiness or skill.
2) a sleight of the hand, legerdemain.
Derivable forms: hastalāghavam (हस्तलाघवम्).
Hastalāghava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hasta and lāghava (लाघव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryHastalāghava (हस्तलाघव).—n.
(-vaṃ) Manual readiness, legerdemain.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryHastalāghava (हस्तलाघव).—n. light-handedness, readiness, cleverness, [Pañcatantra] 218, 17.
Hastalāghava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hasta and lāghava (लाघव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Hastalāghava (हस्तलाघव):—[=hasta-lāghava] [from hasta] n. lightness of hand, manual readiness, cleverness (reckoned among the 64 Kalās), [Catalogue(s)]
2) [v.s. ...] a real injury, [Mahābhārata]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusHastalāghava (ಹಸ್ತಲಾಘವ):—
1) [noun] skill in using one’s hands; dexterity; facility.
2) [noun] a shaking of another’s hand as a gesture of greeting.
3) [noun] a formal way of bringing a respectable person in or on to a stage, etc. by holding his or her hand.
4) [noun] a performing of magic as by sleight of hands.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Hasta, Laghava.
Full-text: Hastalaga, Hastalagha, Deftness, Laghava, Causashtakala.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
The Sixty-four arts and crafts (Kalā) < [Appendices]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
3. A General Note on Art < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
7.1. The Sixty-four Fine Arts < [Chapter 5 - Looking for Alternatives: Possibilities in Kāmaśāstra]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 3 - Art and Architecture in the Mālatīmādhava and 8th-century India < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects of the Mālatīmādhava]