Alamkriti, Alaṃkṛti, Alaṅkṛti, Alankriti: 9 definitions
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Alamkriti has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Alaṃkṛti and Alaṅkṛti can be transliterated into English as Alamkrti or Alamkriti or Alankrti or Alankriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAlaṃkṛti (अलंकृति):—(von kar mit alam) f.
1) Schmuck: karṇālaṃkṛti [Amaruśataka 13.] —
2) rhetorischer Schmuck, rhetorische Figur [Sāhityadarpana 2, 19.]
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Alaṃkṛti (अलंकृति):—
1) [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 359. 75, 71.] —
2) [kāvyādarśa 1, 19.] [Sāhityadarpana 258.] nāṭyālaṃkṛtayaḥ [433. 471.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAlaṃkṛti (अलंकृति):—f. —
1) Schmuck. —
2) Schmuck der Rede.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Alamkritiveru.
Ends with: Analamkriti, Arthalamkriti, Daivajnalamkriti, Devagamalamkriti, Hetvalamkriti, Karanalamkriti, Karnalamkriti, Kavyalamkriti, Niralamkriti, Sadalamkriti, Samdehalamkriti.
Full-text: Niralamkriti, Alankiruti, Sadalamkritita, Sadalamkriti.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.257 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 2.37 < [Chapter 2 - The Natures of Words (śabda)]
Text 4.62 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 4 - Originality in Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) < [Chapter 3 - Contribution of Rājaśekhara to Sanskrit Poetics]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
9: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Kuntaka (10th century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
Shukra Niti by Shukracharya (by Benoy Kumar Sarkar)