MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Abhinay mean?
Abhinay is the Sanskrit term for conveying a dramatic meaning through expression and gesture. Indian performance theory treats this expressive work as a central part of theatre and dance.
Pronunciation
IAST: abhinaya
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अभिनय
Letter-by-letter: abhinaya
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Abhinay in Indian usage
6,546 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 583 |
| 1980s | 2,251 |
| 1990s | 3,504 |
| Other decades | 208 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,542 |
| Bihar | 1,666 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 677 |
| Delhi | 619 |
| Jharkhand | 214 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 206 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 140 |
| Other states | 482 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, abhinaya, p. 64,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: अभिनय ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.