Nayanavistara, Nayana-vistara, Nayanavistāra: 1 definition
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Nayanavistara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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
Kavya (poetry)
Source: academia.edu: Bhoja’s Mechanical GardenNayanavistāra (नयनविस्तार) refers to “wide open eyes”.—The accounts of both the Śṛṅgāra-mañjarīkathā and Yaśastilakacampū depict real living animals as being charmed or fooled by the automata as if they were alive. A key source of the machine’s fascination, then, was its ability to create deception. [...] Dramaturgical texts note that the emotion of wonder was to be indicated on stage first and foremost by ocular gestures—wide open eyes (nayanavistāra), unblinking stares (animeṣaprekṣita), and movement of the eyebrows (bhrūkṣepa).
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
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Partial matches: Nayana, Vistara.
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