Alankarika, Ālaṅkārika, Alamkarika, Alaṅkārika: 4 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryālaṅkārika (आलंकारिक).—a (S) Elegant, elaborate, ornate, brilliant with figures and flowers--composition or style. 2 That treats of the ornaments of composition or style--a Shastra &c.: that is versed in the knowledge or use of them--a person.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishālaṅkārika (आलंकारिक).—a Elegant, elaborate.
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
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ālaṅkārika (आलङ्कारिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ālaṃkāriya.
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 corpusĀlaṃkārika (ಆಲಂಕಾರಿಕ):—
1) [adjective] decorated; ornamented; adorned; ornate.
2) [adjective] representing one concept in terms of another that may be thought of as analogous with it; metaphoric; not literal; figurative.
3) [adjective] done, said, etc. for the sake of formality, not really whole-heartedly.
4) [adjective] dealing with the art of rhetoric or of artificial eloquence.
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Ālaṃkārika (ಆಲಂಕಾರಿಕ):—[noun] a man skilled in rhetorics and poetics.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Alankarika-prashna, Alankarika-shabdaprayoga.
Full-text (+50): Alamkarika, Alankarika-shabdaprayoga, Alpkarik-shabdaprayog, Alankarik, Alamkariya, Shastribana, Prativastu, Sambandhatishayokti, Yamaka, Capalatishayokti, Sasandeha, Paryayokta, Bhavika-chavi, Samanyavishesha, Anuguna, Atadguna, Atyukti, Anumana, Maya, Asambhava.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
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]
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]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
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]
7. Prominent Satirical Works in Sanskrit < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
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]
Vakyapadiya (study of the concept of Sentence) (by Sarath P. Nath)
3. The Concept of Pratibhā in Indian Poetics < [Chapter 4 - The Concept of Pratibhā and its Implications]