Alankarika, Alaṃkārika, Alamkarika, Ālaṅkārika, Alaṅkārika: 9 definitions
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Marathi-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.
ālaṅkārika (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
Alaṃkārika (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).
Ālaṃkārika (आलंकारिक):—m. a writer on rhetoric, [Śiśupāla-vadha], [Scholiast or Commentator]
Alaṃkārika (अलंकारिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Alaṃkāriya.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Ālaṃkārika (आलंकारिक) [Also spelled alankarik]:—(a) rhetorical, pertaining to Rhetorics; ornamental; figurative, hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
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.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Alaṅkārika (अलङ्कारिक):—adj. ornamental; decorative;
2) Ālaṅkārika (आलङ्कारिक):—adj. 1. full of rhetoric; 2. allegoric; 3. very interesting and satirical; 4. ornamental; decorative; n. rhetorician;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with: Alankarika-prashna, Alankarika-shabdaprayoga.
Full-text (+53): Alankarika-shabdaprayoga, Alankarika-prashna, Alankarik, Alamkariya, Alpkarik-shabdaprayog, Alpkarik-prashn, Alpkarik, Shastribana, Prativastu, Yamaka, Capalatishayokti, Sasandeha, Sambandhatishayokti, Paryayokta, Anuguna, Samanyavishesha, Bhavika-chavi, Anumana, Atadguna, Desi.
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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]
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Kavyalankara-sara-sangraha of Udbhata (by Narayana Daso Banhatti)
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Tattvabindu of Vachaspati Mishra (study) (by Kishor Deka)
Part 1 - The concept of Abhihitānvaya-vāda—Introduction < [Chapter 6 - Abhihitānvaya-vāda of the Bhāṭṭa Mīmāṃsakas]
Alankara Sastra (English study) (by V. Raghavan)