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    See also abhinaya.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 132, col. 2.
    abhinayaḥ

    1 Acting, gesticulation, any theatrical action (expressive of some sentiment, passion &c. by look, gesture, posture &c.); nṛtyābhinayakriyācyutaṃ Ku. 5. 79; abhinayān paricetumivodyatā R. 9. 33; nartakīrabhinayātilaṃghinīḥ 19. 14; Ki. 10. 42.

    2 Dramatic representation, exhibition on the stage; lalitābhinayaṃ tamadya bhartā marutāṃ draṣṭumanāḥ salokapālaḥ V. 2. 18. S. D. thus defines and classifies abhinayaḥ-bhavedabhinayo'vasthānukāraḥ sa caturvidhaḥ . aṃgiko vācikaścaivamāhāryaḥ sāttvikastathā .. 274, ‘acting is the imitation of condition’; it is of four kinds: (1) gestural, conveyed by bodily actions; (2) vocal, conveyed by words; (3) extraneous, conveyed by dress, ornaments, decoration &c.; (4) internal, conveyed by the manifestation of internal feelings such as perspiration, thrilling &c.

    Comp.

    ācāryaḥ a dancing preceptor M. 1. 10.

    vidyā science of acting or dramatic representation, art of dancing; mayā tīrthādabhinayavidyāśikṣitā M. 1.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 176.
    abhinayaḥ 1 Acting, gesticulation, any theatrical action (expressive of some sentiment, passion &c.); nṛtyābhinayakriyācyutam Ku.5.79; abhinayān paricetumivodyatā R.9.33; nartakīrabhinayātilaṅghinīḥ 19.14; Ki.10.42. -2 Dramatic representation, exhibition on the stage; lalitābhinayaṃ tamadya bhartā marutāṃ draṣṭumanāḥ salokapālaḥ V.2.18. S.D. thus defines and classifies abhinaya :- bhavedabhinayo'vasthānukāraḥ sa caturvidhaḥ | āṅgiko vācikaścaivamāhāryaḥ sāttvikastathā || 274, 'acting is the imitation of condition', it is of four kinds:- (1) gestural, conveyed by bodily actions; (2) vocal, conveyed by words; (3) extraneous, conveyed by dress, ornaments, decoration &c.; (4) internal, conveyed by the manifestation of internal feeling such as perspiration, thrilling &c. -Comp. -ācāryaḥ a dancing preceptor; ubhāvabhinayācāryo tvāṃ druṣṭamicchataḥ M.1.10 -vidyā science of acting or dramatic representation; art of dancing; mayā tīrthādabhinayavidyā śikṣitā M.1.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 73.
    abhinayaḥ , puṃ, (abhinīyate hṛdgatakrodhādibhāvaḥ
    prakāśyate'nena abhi + nī + karaṇe ac .) hṛdgata-
    krodhādibhāvābhivyañjakaḥ . aṅgulyādinā vyaktī-
    kṛtamanaḥkāryyaṃ . tatparyyāyaḥ . vyañjakaḥ 2 . itya-
    maraḥ .. dṛśyakāvyaṃ . raṅgādibhirnaṭaiḥ rāmayudhiṣṭhirā-
    dīnāmavasthānukaraṇaṃ . sa caturvvidhaḥ . āṅgikaḥ 1 .
    vācikaḥ 2 . āhāryyaḥ 3 . sāttvikaḥ 4 . iti
    sāhityadarpaṇaṃ .. (tāmetāṃ paribhāvayantvabhinayai-
    rvinyastarūpā budhāḥ śabdabrahmavidaḥ kaveḥ pariṇata-
    prajñasya vāṇīmimām . iti uttaracarite .)