bhūmikā भूमिका – role; stage; level; position

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bhūmikā ·f. the earth, ground, place for (--°); floor or story of a house, step, degree (fig.), part, character, costume (d.).

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Bhūmikā, f. earth, ground, soil; a place, sport; the floor of a building [cf. maṇi-bh˚]; a story, flat roof of a house; a step, degree (as in the Yoga phil.); an actor's part, character in a play; theatrical dress, the costume of any character represented on the stage, change of costume (to represent different cha- racters); decorating images or temples, adorning gateways, decoration; a preface to a book.

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bhūmikā́ (von bhūmi) f. UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 4,45. 1〉 Erdboden: akṣara˚ zum Schreiben zugerichteter Boden RAGH. 18,45. Platz, Stelle: pramṛṣṭāhārabhūmika adj. KATHĀS. 43,64. Fussboden eines Gebäudes: maṭhenādbhutabhūmikena Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,507, Śl. 27. caturbhūmikā gṛhāḥ mit vier Fussböden d. i. Stockwerken PAÑCAT. 228,11. saptabhūmikaprāsāda (so ist zu lesen, wie schon BENFEY bemerkt hat) PAÑCAT. 44,18. gṛhopari bhūmikāyāmārūḍhaḥ so v. a. Söller ŚUK. Pet. Hdschr. 31,b,1. — 2〉 Stockwerk so v. a. Stufe in übertr. Bed., Grad (im Yoga): madhumatīsaṃjñāṃ bhūmikāṃ sākṣātkurvataḥ (bhūrtondriyajayinaḥ) YOGAS. 3,52_in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 231,b,42. — 3〉 das der Rolle entsprechende Costum eines Schauspielers TRIK. 3,3,36. H. 327. H. an. 3,79. MED. k. 134 (wo mit ŚKDR. bhūmikā st. dhūmikā und veśa d. i. veṣa st. deśa zu lesen ist; man streiche demnach dhūmikā unter dhūmaka). VIŚVA_bei_MALLIN._zu_ŚIŚ. 1,69. UJJVAL. yathā hi naṭastadbhūmikāmādhāya rāmo vājātuśatrurvā vatsarājo vā bhavati Schol. bei WILSON. SĀṂKHYAK. S. 38. ŚIŚ. 1,69. īśāno 'pi tamāliṅgya svapneṣvapi sudurlabham . bhūmikāmālalambhe kāmiti ko vaktumarhati .. RĀJA-TAR. 2,112. uddāmarūpālaṃkṛtibhūmika adj. KATHĀS. 43,178. Im Prākrit: lacchībhūmiāe vattamāṇā uvvasī vāruṇībhūmiāe vattamāṇāe meṇaāe pucchidā VIKR. 35,11. fg. = racanā Decoration TRIK. H. an. MED. VIŚVA a. a. O. — 4〉 Vorrede KĀVYĀD. und MAHĀN. am Anfange des Werkes. — Vgl. maṇibhūmikā.

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bhūmikā 3〉 Rolle (eines Schauspielers) MĀLATĪM. 4,6. SĀH. D. 138,18.

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bhūmikā f. — 1〉 Erdboden, Fussboden, Boden für (im Comp. vorangehend). gṛhopari so v. a. Söller. — 2〉 Platz, Stelle, — für (im Comp. vorangehend). — 3〉 Stockwerk. — 4〉 Stufe, Grad. — 5〉 die Rolle eines Schauspielers Chr. 291,9. — 6〉 Vorrede, Einleitung ĀNANDAGIRI zu CHĀND. UP. S. 473.

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bhūmikā 1 Earth, ground, soil. 2 A place, region, spot (of ground), 3 A story, floor (of a house). 4 Step, degree; madhutatīsaṃjñāṃ bhūmikāṃ sākṣātkurvataḥ Yoga. S.; or naiyāyikādibhirātmā prathamabhūmikāyāmavatāritaḥ Sāṅkhyapravacanabhāṣya. 5 A tablet or board, as for writing; see akṣarabhūmikā. 6 A part or character in a play; yā yasya yujyate bhūmikā tāṃ khalu tathaiva bhavena sarve vargyāḥ pāṭhitāḥ; kāmaṃdakyāḥ prathamāṃ bhūmikāṃ bhāva evādhīte Māl. 1; or lakṣmībhūmikāyāṃ vartamānorvaśī vāruṇībhūmikāyāṃ vartamānayā menakayā pṛṣṭā V. 3; Śi. 1. 69; (anyarūpairyadanyasya praveśaḥ sa tu bhūmikā Bharata). 7 Theatrical dress, an actor's costume. 8 Decoration (as of an image). 9 A preface or introduction to a book.

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bhūmikā f. Erdboden, Boden für (—˚), Platz, Stelle; Rolle (d.).

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bhūmikā f. rôle, costume [au théâtre. Décors de temples, de grandes portes, etc. [Page479-1]