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Re: yavanika, avagunThana

--- In IndiaArchaeology@yahoogroups.com, "ymalaiya" <ymalaiya@...>
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> It is my impression that yavanika was the term for the theater's
> curtain. The other meaning of the term is a Greek woman, who were
> sometimes employed by Indian kings for carrying bows and arrows.

The standard term for theater's screen is 'nepathyam'. Thus 'nepathye'
is behind the screen.

LNS




Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:16 am

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Re Pratibha Patil's remarks, it is interesting to analyze what kind of purdah they talk about it in Sanskrit plays. There are two terms yavanika, avagunThana...
lsrinivas
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Jun 18, 2007
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It is my impression that yavanika was the term for the theater's curtain. The other meaning of the term is a Greek woman, who were sometimes employed by Indian...
ymalaiya
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Jun 19, 2007
12:35 am

... The standard term for theater's screen is 'nepathyam'. Thus 'nepathye' is behind the screen. LNS...
lsrinivas
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Jun 19, 2007
6:17 am

Yavana came to mean "Muslim" in latter times, so maybe yavanika "veil" is related to Muslim visitors from Arabia or other areas where the veil became common. ...
Paul Kekai Manansala
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Jun 19, 2007
8:14 pm

Let me mention some references on the term Yavanika. The Marg magazine had a special issue "Hind and Hellas" which had several articles on Indian and Greek...
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