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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)

Kaṅkamukha (कङ्कमुख) is another name for Sandaṃśa, which refers to one of the twenty-two Asaṃyuktahastas or “single hand gestures” (in Indian Dramas), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—The hasta-mudrās (lit. “hand-gestures”) are very essential to denote some particular action or state in dancing and these mudrās are formed with the help of hands and fingers.—The word sandaṃśa means kaṅkamukha i.e., a pair of tong. Tong is a kind of tool which is used to hold something. According to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, when the tip of the forefinger and the thumb are pressed together like the mouth of a tong and the middle portion of the palm is curved in arāla-hasta, this posture is called sandaṃśa-hasta. This hand posture involves the closing and opening of fingers. [...]

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) 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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaṅkamukha (कङ्कमुख).—a. shaped like a heron's mouth. (-khaḥ, -kham), -वदनम् (vadanam) a pair of tongs; शल्यानि व्यपनीयकङ्कवदनैरुन्मोचिते कङ्कटे (śalyāni vyapanīyakaṅkavadanairunmocite kaṅkaṭe) Ve.5.1.

Kaṅkamukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṅka and mukha (मुख). See also (synonyms): kaṅkavadana.

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

Kaṅkamukha (कङ्कमुख).—m.

(-khaḥ) A pair of tongs. n.

(-khaṃ) A sort of forceps. E. kaṅka and mukha the mouth; heron-mouthed.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaṅkamukha (कङ्कमुख).—adj. heron-mouthed, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 79, 69.

Kaṅkamukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṅka and mukha (मुख).

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

Kaṅkamukha (कङ्कमुख):—[=kaṅka-mukha] [from kaṅka] mfn. shaped like a heron’s mouth (said of a sort of forceps), [Suśruta]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaṅkamukha (कङ्कमुख):—[kaṅka-mukha] (khaḥ) 1. m. A pair of tongues.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kankamukha in German

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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 corpus

Kaṃkamukha (ಕಂಕಮುಖ):—[noun] a device for seizing or lifting objects, having two long arms pivoted or hinged together; a pair of tongs.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mukha, Kanka.

Full-text: Kankavadana, Tong, Plucking, Splinter, Thorn, Extraction, Colouring, Mukhaja, Agraja, Parshvakrita, Vikarin, Pressing, Showing, Sandamsha.

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