Vacyacitra, Vācyacitra, Vacya-citra: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVācyacitra (वाच्यचित्र).—one of the two kinds of the third or lowest (adhama) division of Kāvya or poetry, in which the charm lies in the expression of a striking or fanciful idea (opp. (śabdacitra); see चित्र (citra) also.
Derivable forms: vācyacitram (वाच्यचित्रम्).
Vācyacitra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vācya and citra (चित्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVācyacitra (वाच्यचित्र).—n.
(-traṃ) One of the two kinds of the third or lowest division of poetry consisting in a striking idea or conceit expressed in words.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vācyacitra (वाच्यचित्र):—[=vācya-citra] [from vācya > vāc] mfn. fanciful in sense (as a poetical expression), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) [v.s. ...] n. a play upon words, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
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: Citra, Vacya.
Full-text: Citra.
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