Alamkarika, Alaṃkārika: 4 definitions
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Alamkarika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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 Alankarik.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAlaṃkārika (अलंकारिक).—(-alaṃkārika), adj. ifc. (compare [Boehtlingk] 7.309), in tad-alaṃ-kārikaṃ (read as [compound]) Divyāvadāna 247.24, pertaining to that (or those) ornament(s).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀlaṃkārika (आलंकारिक):—m. a writer on rhetoric, [Śiśupāla-vadha], [Scholiast or Commentator]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Alaṃkārika (अलंकारिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Alaṃkāriya.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryĀlaṃkārika (आलंकारिक) [Also spelled alankarik]:—(a) rhetorical, pertaining to Rhetorics; ornamental; figurative, hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Chapter 6 - Major findings and Concluding observations
Introduction to Kāvyaśāstra and Alaṃkāraśāstra < [Chapter 3 - Contribution of Rājaśekhara to Sanskrit Poetics]
Part 5 - Vakrokti theory and position of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā < [Chapter 4 - Position of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā in Sanskrit Poetics]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
1.3. Utprekṣā (poetical fancy) < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
1.4. Vibhāvanā (peculiar causation) < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
1. Alaṃkāra or the figures of speech (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
2: Date and Authorship < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
1: Vāmana’s scheme of Alaṃkāras < [Chapter 3 - Śabdālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 1 - Adherence of the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita to the norms of a mahākāvya < [Chapter II - The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Tarkabhasa of Kesava Misra (study) (by Nimisha Sarma)
2. Kesava Misra (author of Tarkabhasa) < [Chapter 2 - A note on Tarkabhasa]