Trikirnamoksha, Trikīrṇamokṣa, Trikirna-moksha: 1 definition

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Trikirnamoksha 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.

The Sanskrit term Trikīrṇamokṣa can be transliterated into English as Trikirnamoksa or Trikirnamoksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

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

Trikīrṇamokṣa (त्रिकीर्णमोक्ष) refers to the “hurling of a trident” (during hunting), 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, “Hunting by means of artifice (kālyā) is of four kinds [...]. (a) Bahukarṇikā is that in which deer are hunted by the hurling of a trident (trikīrṇamokṣa) or a similar weapon by two or three persons standing to the windward and shouting at the top of their voices”.

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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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