Sangarupaka, Sāṃgarūpaka, Sanga-rupaka, Sāṅgarūpaka, Samgarupaka, Samga-rupaka, Saṅgarupaka: 2 definitions
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Sangarupaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studySāṅgarūpaka (साङ्गरूपक) refers to a type of Rūpaka (“metaphor”) which 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 are some examples of ‘sāṅgarūpaka’ too. For illustration we may refer to IV.37 of the Bhīṣmacarita. Here the poet has represented the creepers as beautiful as the harem maids. The other examples are II.28, II.29, II.30, XIII.8, etc.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySaṅgarupaka (सङ्गरुपक):—n. sustained metaphor;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Rupaka, Sanga.
Full-text: Sangarupak.
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Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
3.5. Use of Rūpaka-alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2.3b - Arthālaṃkāras (Figure of Sense) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]