Upanagarika, Upanāgarikā: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpanāgarikā (उपनागरिका).—A variety of वृत्यनुप्रास (vṛtyanuprāsa). It is formed by sweet-sounding letters (mādhuryavyañjakavarṇa); e. g. cf. the example cited in K. P. 9; अपसारय घनसारं कुरु हारं दूर एव किं कमलैः । अलमलमालि मृणालैरिति वदति दिवानिशं बाला (apasāraya ghanasāraṃ kuru hāraṃ dūra eva kiṃ kamalaiḥ | alamalamāli mṛṇālairiti vadati divāniśaṃ bālā) ||
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpanāgarikā (उपनागरिका):—[=upa-nāgarikā] [from upa-nāgara] f. a kind of alliteration, [Kāvyaprakāśa]
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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Partial matches: Nagarika, Upa.
Starts with: Upanagarikavritti.
Full-text: Padalalitya.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 9.11 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 9.12 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 9.9 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
8. Padalālitya in the Hanumannāṭaka < [Chapter 4]
1. Rīti (Style) in the Haumannāṭaka < [Chapter 4]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
3: Definition of Anuprāsa Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Śabdālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
1-2: The number of Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) mentioned < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
Dramaturgy in the Venisamhara (by Debi Prasad Namasudra)
Bhāratī-vṛtti (eloquent bearing) < [Chapter 4 - Dramaturgy in Veṇīsaṃhāra]
Vṛtti (Bearing) and Diction < [Chapter 4 - Dramaturgy in Veṇīsaṃhāra]
Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
2. The theory of rīti < [Chapter 5 - Adoption of Style and Language in Mudrārākṣasa]