gīti-racanā

racana

mostly (ā) f. arrangement, disposition, management, accomplishment, performance, preparation, production, fabrication MBh. Kāv. etc.;
a literary production, work, composition VarBṛS. Sāh. ;
style Sāh. ;
putting on, wearing (of a garment) Mṛicch. ;
arrangement (of troops), array Pañcat. ;
contrivance, invention Kathās. BhP. ;
a creation of the mind, artificial image Jaim. ;
fixing the feathers on an arrow L. ;
dressing the hair (cf. keṡa-r-) L. ;
stringing flowers orﾠ garlands W. (often ifc. with concrete meaning e.g.. nivāsa-recanā, a building Mṛicch. ;
gīti-racanā, a song Rājat. ;
kūṭa-racanā, an artifice, trick Kathās. ;
accord. toﾠ L. alsoﾠ = pari-spanda orﾠ pari-syanda, prati-yatna, granthana, gumpha, vyūha, niveṡa, sthiti;
alsoﾠ = pāṡa, bhāra etc., abundance, quantity ifc. after a word meaning « hair» ;
cf. Pāṇ. 2-3, 44 Sch.);
(ā) f. N. of the wife of Tvashṭṛi BhP.