Alankarika, Ālaṅkārika, Alamkarika, Alaṅkārika: 4 definitions

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Alankarika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Alankarika in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ālaṅkārika (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-English

ālaṅkārika (आलंकारिक).—a Elegant, elaborate.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Alankarika in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ālaṅkārika (आलङ्कारिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ālaṃkāriya.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Alankarika in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ālaṃkārika (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.

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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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