Amangalavyanjaka, Amaṅgalavyañjaka, Amangala-vyanjaka: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Mālatīmādhava of Bhavabhūti (kavya-shastra)Amaṅgalavyañjaka (अमङ्गलव्यञ्जक, “inauspiciousness”) refers to one of three types of aślīla or aślīlatva (“words that are indecorous in three ways”), according to Mammaṭa-Bhaṭṭa’s Kāvyaprakāśa verse 7.50-51.—The doṣa called aślīlatva or indecorous is of three kinds, implying either, (a) vrīḍā (indecency), (b) jugupsā (disgust), (c) amaṅgalavyañjaka (inauspiciousness).
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
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