elatuksestaan
Elatuksestaan is a concept originating in the late twentieth century from the field of theoretical linguistics and cultural anthropology. The term, coined by Professor A. Singh in 1984, derives from the Sanskrit words “elatu” meaning “to pull apart” and “kestaan” meaning “space”, and it refers to the intricacies of meaning that arise when linguistic elements are extracted from their conventional contexts and reassembled in novel structures. In practice, elatuksestaan describes how metaphorical and symbolic layers can be preserved or altered when words are removed from narrative, thereby revealing latent cultural narratives.
The study of elatuksestaan intersects with semiotics, discourse analysis, and the theory of narrative architecture. Scholars
Critical debates around elatuksestaan concern its methodological reproducibility and the extent to which the term can