Alankarana, Alaṅkaraṇa, Alaṃkaraṇa, Alamkarana, Alamkarana: 19 definitions
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Alankarana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Alaṅkaraṇa (अलङ्करण) refers to “embellishing”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.26 (“Pārvatī-Jaṭila dialogue”).—Accordingly, as Vijayā said to Śiva (in guise of a Brahmacārin): “[...] My friend has been performing severe penance at the bidding of Nārada to make her beauty fruitful, to embellish [i.e., alaṅkaraṇa] her father’s race and to bless Kama. She has directed this penance to lord Śiva. O holy ascetic, how is it that her desire is not fulfilled. O excellent brahmin, you enquired of her desire. I have just told you out of my love for her. What else do you wish to hear”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
alaṅkaraṇa : (nt.) 1. decoration; 2. doing up.
Alaṃkaraṇa, (nt.) (alaṃ + karaṇa, fr. alaṅkaroti) doing up, fitting out, ornamentation J.I, 60. (Page 79)
alaṅkaraṇa (အလင်္ကရဏ) [(na) (န)]—
[alaṃ+kara+yu]
[အလံ+ကရ+ယု]
[Pali to Burmese]
alaṅkaraṇa—
(Burmese text): (၁) တန်ဆာဆင်ခြင်း။ (၂) (က) တန်ဆာဆင်ရာဖြစ်သော (အခါ,အရပ်)။ (ခ) တန်ဆာဆင်ကြောင်းဖြစ်သော (အရာဝတ္ထု)။ (၂)(က) အလင်္ကရဏကာလ,အလင်္ကရဏမင်္ဂလဘာသာ-တို့ကြည့်။ (ခ) အလင်္ကရဏစုဏ္ဏ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Adornment. (2) (a) Contexts and locations of adornment. (b) Objects related to adornment. (3) (a) Period of ornamentation, look into the literature on ornamentation in Myanmar. (b) Refer to the study of ornamentation.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
alaṅkaraṇa (अलंकरण).—n S Adorning, decorating, embellishing.
alaṅkaraṇa (अलंकरण).—n Adorning.
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aḷaṅkaraṇa (अळंकरण).—, &c. See alaṅkaraṇa, &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Alaṃkaraṇa (अलंकरण).—
1) Decoration, ornamenting; तस्मिन्हरिः स्पृहां चक्रे वक्षोऽलङ्करणे मणौ (tasminhariḥ spṛhāṃ cakre vakṣo'laṅkaraṇe maṇau) Bhāgavata 8.8.5.
2) An ornament (lit. and fig.); सृजति तावदेशेषगुणाकरं पुरुषरत्नमलंकरणं भुवः (sṛjati tāvadeśeṣaguṇākaraṃ puruṣaratnamalaṃkaraṇaṃ bhuvaḥ) Bhartṛhari 2.92.
3) Preparation.
Derivable forms: alaṃkaraṇam (अलंकरणम्).
Alaṅkaraṇa (अलङ्करण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Ornament, decoration. E. alam ornament, and karaṇa what makes.
Alaṃkaraṇa (अलंकरण).—i. e. alam-kṛ + ana, n. Ornament, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 88.
Alaṃkaraṇa (अलंकरण).—[neuter] adorning, dressing; ornament.
1) Alaṃkaraṇa (अलंकरण):—[=alaṃ-karaṇa] a -kāra etc. See alam.
2) [=alaṃ-karaṇa] [from alaṃ > alam] b n. making ready, preparation, [Kauśika-sūtra], (ifc. f(ā). , [Kathāsaritsāgara]) decoration, ornament, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra etc.]
Alaṅkaraṇa (अलङ्करण):—(ṇaṃ) 1. n. Ornament.
Alaṃkaraṇa (अलंकरण):—(von kar mit alam) n. [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]
1) das Zurüsten, Schmücken [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 6.] —
2) Schmuck [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 9, 28.] [Indralokāgamana 5, 2.] [Śākuntala 10, 6, v. l. 50, 2.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 3, 42.]
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Alaṃkaraṇa (अलंकरण):—
2) [Kathāsaritsāgara 61, 24. 75, 163.] grīvālaṃkaraṇa [Halāyudha 2, 403.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Kathāsaritsāgara 75, 160.]
Alaṃkaraṇa (अलंकरण):—n. —
1) das Zurüsten , Schmücken. —
2) Schmuck. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā.
Alaṅkaraṇa (अलङ्करण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Alaṃkaraṇa.
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
Alaṃkaraṇa (अलंकरण) [Also spelled alankaran]:—(nm) ornamentation, embellishment, adornment; hence, ~[kartā] (nm); ~[kṛta] (a); ~[kṛti] (nf).
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Alaṃkaraṇa (अलंकरण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Alaṅkaraṇa.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Alaṃkaraṇa (ಅಲಂಕರಣ):—[noun] = ಅಲಂಕಾರ [alamkara].
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Aḷaṃkaraṇa (ಅಳಂಕರಣ):—
1) [noun] the act of decorating; beautification; decoration.
2) [noun] anything used for decorating; an ornament.
3) [noun] the person or thing that enhances the dignity, decorum or pride of something.
4) [noun] beauty; elegance.
5) [noun] an expression, as a metaphor or simile, using words in a nonliteral sense or unusual manner to add vividness, beauty, etc. to what is said or written; 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)
Partial matches: Ao, Yu, Yu, Alam, Karana, Kara.
Starts with: Alankaranabhava, Alankaranacunna, Alankaranakala, Alankaranakara, Alankaranam, Alankaranamangalasala.
Full-text: Ranalamkarana, Alankaranam, Alankaranakala, Alankaranakara, Alankaranabhava, Rupavatyalamkarana, Alankaranamangalasala, Alankaranacunna, Nalapramanotsedhalankarana, Alamkaranaka, Alamkaranin, Mudralankarana, Alankaran, Alamkara, Sangramika, Alam.
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