Alamkara, Alaṅkāra, Alaṃkāra, Alankara, Alam-kara: 36 definitions
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Alamkara has 35 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Alankar.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAlaṃkāra (अलंकार):—(von kar mit alam) m.
1) das Schmücken: kṛtvālaṃkāramātmanaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 40, 13.] —
2) Schmuck, Zierath [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 649. 508. fg.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 236.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 243.] āñjanābhyañjane prayacchantyeṣa ha mānuṣo laṃkāraḥ [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 8, 4, 7. 3, 5, 1, 36.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 8, 8, 5.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 66. 9, 17. 92. 150. 200. 219. 10, 52.] [Śākuntala 10, 6. 50, 2, v. l.] [Hitopadeśa 42, 1.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 24, 181.] am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 18, 6.] [Śrutabodha 18.] alaṃkārasuvarṇa Gold zu Schmucksachen [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 96.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1046.] —
3) eine rhetorische Figur [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 236.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 243.] [Dhūrtasamāgama 68, 12.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 965.]
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Alaṃkāra (अलंकार):—(so zu betonen)
1) [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 148.] —
2) [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 3, 10, 2.] —
3) Redeschmuck, Redefigur: kāvyānāmalaṃkārāḥ [kāvyādarśa.1,10.] [Oxforder Handschriften.7,b,17. 211,a,1.] śabdārthayorasthirā ye dharmāḥ śobhātiśāyinaḥ . rasādīnupakurvanto laṃkārāste ṅgadādivat .. [Sāhityadarpana 631.] Vgl. arthālaṃkāra und śabdālaṃkāra .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAlaṃkāra (अलंकार):—m. —
1) das Schmücken. —
2) Schmuck [Taittirīya brāhmaṇa (Roth). 2,3,10,2,4.] Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. —
3) Schmuck der Rede.
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Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) (by Lathika M. P.)
Poetic Experience: Alaṅkāra, Rasa and Vṛtta < [Chapter 2 - Content Analysis of Bhagavatpādābhyudaya]
Sanskrit and Indian Renaissance < [Chapter 1 - Life and Works of Lakṣmaṇa Sūrin]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
1. Alaṃkāra or the figures of speech (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
1.3. Utprekṣā (poetical fancy) < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
1. Meaning and importance of Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
2. Classification and number of Alaṃkāras < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
4. Conclusion < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
11: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Rājaśekhara (11th century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
7: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Vāmana (8th century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
8: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Ānandavardhana (9th century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
Annadatri-carita (study) (by Sarannya V.)
6. Poetic Beauty (b): Alankaras (Aesthetics) < [Chapter 3 - An Introduction to Annadatri-carita]
6. Poetic Beauty (a): Metre (Vritta) < [Chapter 3 - An Introduction to Annadatri-carita]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.150 [Kāvya-liṅga] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 4.62 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Text 4.87 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
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