འཇོ་

འཇོ། (Wyl. 'jo ) Pron.: jo

• Skt. लास्यम्, lāsya, Pron.: lasya. From Sanskrit: dancing, a dance (•esp. accompanied with instrumental music and singing), a dance representing the emotions of love dramatically (this was at one time a principal part of the drama, and as such | to Bharata and the Daśa-rūpa consisted of 10 divisions or Añgas, viz. | or | or | and | including also a style of dramatic composition in which there is abrupt transition from Sanskṛit to Prākṛit and from Prākṛit to Sanskṛit | the term | is also applied to the Nāch [Nautch] dance of the Indian dancing girls, consisting chiefly of gesticulation with a shuffling movement of the feet forwards and backwards, as invented by Pārvati and opposed to the boisterous masculine dance called Tāṇḍava practised by Śiva and his followers | a dancer | N. of a king [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW