Trigata, Tri-gata: 10 definitions

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Trigata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

1) Trigata (त्रिगत) refers to one of the ten practices performed after the removal of the stage curtain, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 5.

1) Trigata (त्रिगत, “three men’s talk”) refers to one of the thirteen types of vīthi, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 20. Trigata can also be translated as “triple explanation”. Vīthi represents one of the daśarūpa or, “ten kinds of dramatic plays”, which are said to have originated from the various styles (vṛtti), discussed in chapter 22 of the same work.

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

1) Trigata (त्रिगत).—The conversation of the Director (sūtradhāra), the Assistant (pāripārśvaka) and the Jester (vidūṣaka) is called the Three Men’s Talk (trigata).

2) Trigata (त्रिगत).—One of the thirteen types of vīthi;—When exalted words with the Comic Sentiment are shared by three characters it should be known as Three Men’s Talk (trigata).

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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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Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Trigata (त्रिगत) represents the number 3 (three) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 3—trigata] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.

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Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

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India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Tri-gata.—(IE 7-1-2), ‘three’. Note: tri-gata is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Trigata (त्रिगत).—a.

1) tripled.

2) done in three days.

Trigata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and gata (गत).

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

Trigata (त्रिगत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Tripled. 2. Gone or done in three ways. n.

(-taṃ) The expression of different senses by the same word. E. tri, and gata gone.

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

Trigata (त्रिगत):—[=tri-gata] [from tri] n. ‘tripled’, (in [dramatic language]) triple meaning given to the same word, [Bharata-nāṭya-śāstra xviii, 115; Daśarūpa iii, 16; Pratāparudrīya; Sāhitya-darpaṇa vi.]

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

Trigata (त्रिगत):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Tripled; having three senses; gone three ways.

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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.

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