单词 | natak |
释义 | natakn. Indian English. A play or other dramatic work. Also as a mass noun: drama or dramatic art. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] playeOE joyc1440 sportc1475 historya1509 drama?1521 stage playa1535 gameplay1560 show1565 device1598 piece1616 auto1670 action1679 natak1826 speakie1921 1826 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Aug. 214/2 It is therefore very desirable, that men of wealth and rank should..exhibit a new performance of song and poetry once a month, conformably to the written nataks, or plays, and under the authority of a manager. 1898 B. A. Pingle Indian Music (ed. 2) viii. 308 The recitative singing in the Indian Nátaka (drama) of the present day is getting abnormally degenerated and hybridized. 1959 D. Donoghue Third Voice (1966) iii. 54 Any ancient heroic type of play, such as the Indian Nataka, might have served his purpose. 1985 S. D. S. Charak Life & Times of Maharaja Ranbir Singh ix. 281 Musicians were employed at each temple to play music morning and evening, and at regular intervals Rās dances and nātaks were performed. 2001 H. Gilbert Postcolonial Plays 180/1 This may be related to his youthful fascination for the Natak companies, strolling groups of performers who would pass through his small town. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826 |
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