Asangati, Asaṅgati, Asamgati: 7 definitions

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Asangati 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.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Shodhganga: Mankhaka a sanskrit literary genius (natya)

Asaṅgati (असङ्गति, “disconnection”) refers to a type of Alaṃkāra (figure of speech).—When a cause and its effect are represented as having different locations, there is Asaṅgati. In other words, two things, related as cause and effect and therefore naturally expected to be in the same place, are represented as occupying different places on account of some speciality (of the cause), there is Asaṅgati.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (kavyashastra)

Asaṅgati (असङ्गति) is an alternative spelling for Asaṃgati: one of the 93 alaṃkāras (“figures of speech”) mentioned by Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century) in his Kāvyavilāsa and is listed as one of the 89 arthālaṃkāras (figure of speech determined by the sense, as opposed to sound).—According to Cirañjīva when the location of a cause and its effect is not familiar or when these reside indifferent location the figure of speech is asaṃgati.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

asaṅgati (असंगति).—f (S) Unconnectedness or incoherency (of speech or thoughts): inconsistency or impropriety (of conduct).

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

asaṅgati (असंगति).—f Unconnectedness; inconsis- tency; discrepancy.

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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

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Asaṅgati (असङ्गति).—f.

(-tiḥ) 1. Improbability, incongruity. 2. Not associating with. E. a neg. saṅgati congruity.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Asaṅgati (असङ्गति):—[a-saṅgati] (tiḥ) 2. f. Incongruity.

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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

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Asaṃgati (ಅಸಂಗತಿ):—

1) [noun] absence of proper relation or association; disagreement; inconformity.

2) [noun] absence of propriety; impropriety.

3) [noun] (rhet.) a figure of speech in which there is an apparent violation of the relation between cause and effect.

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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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