Vrityanuprasa, Vṛtyanuprāsa, vṛtyānuprāsa, Vritya-anuprasa, Vriti-anuprasa: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Vṛtyanuprāsa and vṛtyānuprāsa can be transliterated into English as Vrtyanuprasa or Vrityanuprasa or vrtyanuprasa or vrityanuprasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studyVṛtyānuprāsa (वृत्यानुप्रास) refers to a type of Anuprāsa (“alliteration”) which represents one of the various Alaṅkāras (‘figures of speech’) classified as Śabda (‘sound’), as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—In IV.35 of the Bhīṣmacarita the poet has deliberately described the beauty of nature by the repeated use of word ‘pa’ as well as that of the vowel ‘ai’ (Third Case Plural forms) in the first quarter in vṛtyānuprāsa. The other examples of the same alaṅkāra in the mahākāvya are I.12, II.11, III.14, IV.21, V.35, VI.22, IX.79, XII.17, XIII.49, XV.9, XVII.25, XVIII.25, XIX.45, XX.5, and XX.43.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛtyanuprāsa (वृत्यनुप्रास):—[vṛtya+nuprāsa] (saḥ) 1. m. Kind of alliteration.
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: Vritya, Vriti, Anuprasa.
Full-text: Chekanuprasa, Upanagarika.
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Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Citrakāvya (2): Anuprāsa < [Introduction]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2.3a - Śabdālaṃkāra (Figure of Word) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 5a - Alaṃkāra (1): Anuprāsa or alliteration < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
3: Definition of Anuprāsa Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Śabdālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]