Antyanuprasa, Antyānuprāsa, Antya-anuprasa: 5 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studyAntyānuprāsa (अन्त्यानुप्रास) refers to a type of Anuprāsa (“alliteration”) which represents one of the various Alaṅkāras (‘figures of speech’) classified as Śabda (‘sound’), as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—In VI.44 of the Bhīṣmacarita the poet has deliberately described the welcome of Devavrata made by the females of Hastiāpura by the use of ‘ā’ vowel in the words “mudāṅganāḥ” and “māyāntamivāmarāṅganāḥ” in the end of the third and fourth quarters in antyānuprāsa. The other examples of the same Figure of speech are I.31, II.20, VI.38, VII.50, IX.36, IX.56, X.32, XII.30, XIII.19, XV.23, XV.24, XVI.38, XVIII.29, XIX.31, and XX.26.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAntyānuprāsa (अन्त्यानुप्रास).—see under अनुप्रास (anuprāsa).
Derivable forms: antyānuprāsaḥ (अन्त्यानुप्रासः).
Antyānuprāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms antya and anuprāsa (अनुप्रास).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAntyānuprāsa (अन्त्यानुप्रास):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-saḥ) (In Rhetoric.) Alliteration of the final single or combined consonant together with its vowel, or as the case be, with its Anusvāra and Visarga; rhyme; one of the five varieties of anuprāsa q. v. It may occur either at the end of a Pāda, or at the end of words in the middle of a Pāda. E. antya and anuprāsa.
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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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Partial matches: Antya, Anuprasa.
Full-text: Anuprasa.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.251 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2.3a - Śabdālaṃkāra (Figure of Word) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 5a - Alaṃkāra (1): Anuprāsa or alliteration < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
3: Definition of Anuprāsa Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Śabdālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
1-2: The number of Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) mentioned < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]