Shabdalankara, Śabdālaṅkāra, Shabda-alankara, Shabdalamkara: 6 definitions

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Shabdalankara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

The Sanskrit term Śabdālaṅkāra can be transliterated into English as Sabdalankara or Shabdalankara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

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Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study

Śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालङ्कार) refers to the “sound” type of Alaṅkāra (“figures of speech”) which represents the “essence of poetry”.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shabdalankara in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालंकार).—m (S) In rhetoric. A trope or verbal figure. Of such five are specified; viz. vakrōkti, anuprāsa, yamaka, ślēṣa, punaruktavadābhāsa. vakrōkti has three varieties; viz. sabhaṅgaślēṣavakrōkti, abhaṅgaślēṣa- vakrōkti, kākuvakrōkti; but of each of the five there are varieties and distinctions and subdistinctions. See the whole department of rhetoric elaborately explicated and elucidated in pratāparudragrantha & kāvya- prakāśa.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालंकार).—m A trope or verbal figure.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालङ्कार).—m.

(-raḥ) Rhetorical use of words; verbal figure, as alliteration, &c. E. śabda and alaṅkāra ornament.

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

Śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालङ्कार):—[śabdā+laṅkāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Rhetorical language; alliteration.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shabdalankara in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śabdālaṃkāra (ಶಬ್ದಾಲಂಕಾರ):—[noun] a figure of speech depending for its pleasingness on sound or words.

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Śabdāḷaṃkāra (ಶಬ್ದಾಳಂಕಾರ):—[noun] = ಶಬ್ದಾಲಂಕಾರ [shabdalamkara].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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