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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Rājyatantra (राज्यतन्त्र) refers to the “art of government”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the yellow-eyed division of hawks]: “Hawks, like good ministers of state, can bring about desired effects, if they are kept contented by proper treatment, and are given good nourishment. As an expert in the art of government (rājyatantra-vidhānajña), and nobody else, knows the uncommon intelligence of the king, so does a bird understand the intelligence and expertness of its tamer”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rājyatantra (राज्यतन्त्र).—the science of government, system of administration, the government or administration of a kingdom; Mu.1.

Derivable forms: rājyatantram (राज्यतन्त्रम्).

Rājyatantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājya and tantra (तन्त्र).

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

Rājyatantra (राज्यतन्त्र).—n.

(-ntraṃ) Science of government, system of administration.

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

Rājyatantra (राज्यतन्त्र):—[=rājya-tantra] [from rājya > rāj] n. (sg. and [plural]) the science or theory of government, [Rāmāyaṇa; Rājataraṅgiṇī]

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Rajyatantra 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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Rājyatantra (राज्यतन्त्र):—n. polity;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Rajya, Tantra.

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