Pancaliriti, Pāñcālīrīti, Pancali-riti: 1 definition

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Pancaliriti 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Panchaliriti.

In Hinduism

Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study

Pāñcālīrīti (पाञ्चालीरीति) or simply Pāñcālī refers to one of the three types of Rīti (‘dictions’), as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—The ‘pāñcālīrīti’ is a via-media between the two opposite rītis viz., the ‘vaidarbhī’ and the ‘gauḍī’. It admits partly the characteristics of both the rīti and hence is an agreeable combination of hard and soft consonants, and such diphthongs as are not onerous and a few compounds here and there which are mostly simple ones. [..., See pāñcālī]

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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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