Alamkriti, Alaṃkṛti, Alaṅkṛti, Alankriti: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Alaṃkṛti and Alaṅkṛti can be transliterated into English as Alamkrti or Alamkriti or Alankrti or Alankriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchAlaṅkṛti (अलङ्कृति) refers to “rhetoric”, according to the the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Not by studying the doctrines of scriptural exegesis, logic, planets and mathematics, nor by the Vedas, Upaniṣads, Dharmaśāstras [and the like]; not even by lexicons nor metre, grammar, poetry nor rhetoric (alaṅkṛti); the sage's attainment of the highest reality is gained only from the oral teachings of his own guru.[...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAlaṃkṛti (अलंकृति).—f.
1) Decoration.
2) An ornament; कर्णालंकृति (karṇālaṃkṛti) Amaruśataka 13.
3) A rhetorical ornament, a figure of speech; तददौषौ शब्दार्थौ सगुणावनलंकृती पुनः क्वापि (tadadauṣau śabdārthau saguṇāvanalaṃkṛtī punaḥ kvāpi) K. P.1; यो विद्वान् मन्यते काव्यं शब्दार्थावनलंकृती । असौ न मन्यते कस्मादनु- ष्णमनलं कृती (yo vidvān manyate kāvyaṃ śabdārthāvanalaṃkṛtī | asau na manyate kasmādanu- ṣṇamanalaṃ kṛtī) ||; Chandr.1; सालंकृतिः श्रवणकोमलवर्णराजिः (sālaṃkṛtiḥ śravaṇakomalavarṇarājiḥ) Bv. 3.6 (where a° has senses 2 and 3.).
Derivable forms: alaṃkṛtiḥ (अलंकृतिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAlaṃkṛti (अलंकृति).—i. e. alam-kṛ + ti, f. Ornament, [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 13.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAlaṃkṛti (अलंकृति).—[feminine] = alaṃkāra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Alaṃkṛti (अलंकृति):—[=alaṃ-kṛti] [from alaṃ > alam] f. ornament, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] rhetorical ornament (cf. -kara above), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Kāvyādarśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAlaṅkṛti (अलङ्कृति):—(tiḥ) 2. f. Adorning.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAlaṃkṛti (ಅಲಂಕೃತಿ):—
1) [noun] an ornament.
2) [noun] a rhetoric expression; a figure of speech.
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Aḷaṃkṛti (ಅಳಂಕೃತಿ):—
1) [noun] an ornament.
2) [noun] a rhetoric expression; a figure of speech.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Alamkritiveru.
Ends with: Analamkriti, Arthalamkriti, Daivajnalamkriti, Devagamalamkriti, Hetvalamkriti, Karanalamkriti, Karnalamkriti, Kavyalamkriti, Niralamkriti, Sadalamkriti, Samdehalamkriti.
Full-text: Niralamkriti, Sadalamkritita, Sadalamkriti.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.257 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 2.37 < [Chapter 2 - The Natures of Words (śabda)]
Text 4.62 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 4 - Originality in Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) < [Chapter 3 - Contribution of Rājaśekhara to Sanskrit Poetics]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
9: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Kuntaka (10th century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]