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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (kavyashastra)

Kāraṇamālā (कारणमाला) refers to a type of alaṃkāra (“figures of speech”).—Jayadeva has admitted the figures of speech kāraṇamālā which is very much akin to the figure gumpha of Cirañjīva. Kāraṇamālā has been defined—“gumphaḥ kāraṇamālā syād yathāprākprāntakāranaiḥ”. Jayadeva has taken the series of causes into consideration while Cirañjiva has accepted the effects.

Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study

Kāraṇamālā (कारणमाला) refers to the “garland of causes” and represents one of the various Alaṅkāras (‘figures of speech’) classified as Artha (‘sense’), as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—There is an example of ‘kāraṇamālā’ also in Bhīṣmacarita. With the help of this figure of speech, the poet has aptly presented the garland of causes in XV.22. Here the poet has aptly depicted the series of actions like victory is destined to fate, fate to righteousness and righteousness to noble conduct.

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāraṇamālā (कारणमाला).—a figure of speech, 'a chain of causes'; यथोत्तरं चेत् पूर्वस्य पूर्वस्यार्थस्य हेतुता । तदा कारणमाला स्यात् (yathottaraṃ cet pūrvasya pūrvasyārthasya hetutā | tadā kāraṇamālā syāt) K. P.1; e. g. Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.62,63; also S. D.728.

Kāraṇamālā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāraṇa and mālā (माला).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāraṇamālā (कारणमाला).—f.

(-lā) A series or chain of events. E. kāraṇa, and mālā a wreath.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāraṇamālā (कारणमाला):—[=kāraṇa-mālā] [from kāraṇa > kāra] f. ‘a series or chain of causes’, a particular figure in [rhetoric] [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāraṇamālā (कारणमाला):—[kāraṇa-mālā] (lā) 1. f. Series of events.

[Sanskrit to German]

Karanamala in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Karana, Maala, Mala.

Starts with: Karanamalai.

Ends with: Adhikaranamala, Bhaktyadhikaranamala, Siddhantadhikaranamala, Vedantadhikaranamala.

Full-text: Gumpha, Vacyalankara.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Karanamala, Kāraṇamālā, Karana-mala, Kāraṇa-mālā; (plurals include: Karanamalas, Kāraṇamālās, malas, mālās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

Text 10.184 [Kāraṇa-mālā] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]

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Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)

1-2: The number of Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) mentioned < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]

3: The classification of poetic figures < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]

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Bhishma Charitra (by Kartik Pandya)

Conclusion

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