Atyukti: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (kavyashastra)Atyukti (अत्युक्ति) refers to 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).—The figure atyukti has not been mentioned by ancient Ālaṃkārikas like Bhāmaha, Daṇḍin etc. Even the modern Ālaṃkārikas have not referred to it. This figure gets a place first in the Candrāloka (C.L.V/116) of Jayadeva. Appayyadīkṣita in his Kuvalayānanda has given the same definition (Kuv. P. 313).
Cirañjīva has followed Jayadeva, Appayya in defining atyukti-alaṃkāra:—“atyuktiradbhutā’tathyaśauryaudāryādivarṇane”. According to Cirañjīva the description of valour and liberality which are marvelous and not real gives rise to the figure atyukti. The description of exalted character, great action etc. also forms this atyukti. In fact the poets have freedom to describe the unreal valour, liberality, character, action etc. of one for glorification. Naturally here exaggerated statements are made and this is the life-breath of atyukti.
Example of the atyukti-alaṃkāra:—
asau kimapi bhūpatestamasa ekarekhāyino hayo yadavagāhate kṣitimitīha manye tataḥ |
vijitya pavanān parānuditagarvataḥ sarvato nijaśvasanamārutadrutajigīṣayā dhāvati ||“Is this the horse of someone king which is turued into a single line of darkness is appearing in this earth! So I think that by conquering the wind it is running with the intention of crossing quickly its own breathing air out of vaniety of defeating others on all sides”.
Notes: In this verse the maximum speed of the horse has been described as the single line of darkness. From this it transpires that the horse is black. In fact it is generally not possible to cross the speed of the wind. But this horse is doing so. These are exaggerated statements to glorify the extreme speed of the horse. So this is an example of the figure atyukti.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryatyukti (अत्युक्ति).—f (S) Extravagance of speech, hyperbole.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishatyukti (अत्युक्ति).—f Hyperbole, extravagance of speech.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAtyukti (अत्युक्ति).—f. Exaggeration, hyperbole, over-drawn or coloured description; अत्युक्तौ न यदि प्रकुप्यसि मृषावादं च नो मन्यसे (atyuktau na yadi prakupyasi mṛṣāvādaṃ ca no manyase) | Udbhaṭa. See अतिशयोक्ति (atiśayokti) also.
Derivable forms: atyuktiḥ (अत्युक्तिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtyukti (अत्युक्ति).—f.
(-ktiḥ) 1. Idle or excessive talk. 2. Expatiating, enlarging. 3. A figure of rhetoric, description of any thing surprising or extraordinary, hyperbole. E. ati, and ukti speech.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Atyukti (अत्युक्ति):—[=aty-ukti] [from ati] f. excessive talking
2) [v.s. ...] exaggeration
3) [v.s. ...] hyperbole.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtyukti (अत्युक्ति):—[tatpurusha compound] f.
(-ktiḥ) 1) Idle or excessive talk.
2) A figure of rhetoric, description of any thing surprising or extraordinary, hyperbole. E. ati and ukti.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtyukti (अत्युक्ति):—[atyu-kti] (ktiḥ) 2. f. Idle talk; hyperbole.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAtyukti (अत्युक्ति):—(nf) a hyperbole; ~[pūrarga] hyperbolic, embodying overstatement.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAtyukti (ಅತ್ಯುಕ್ತಿ):—
1) [noun] a statement in excess of the truth; exaggeration or hyperbolical language; extravagant representation.
2) [noun] (rhet.) a figure of speech which produces a vivid impression by extravagant and obvious exaggeration; hyperbole.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryAtyukti (अत्युक्ति):—n. hyperbole; exaggeration;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ukti.
Starts with: Atyuktipurna.
Full-text: Atishayokti, Ativada, Vacyalankara, Alamkara.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 165 < [Volume 3 (1874)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 11.53 < [Chapter 11 - Additional Ornaments]
Alankara Sastra (English study) (by V. Raghavan)
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
1-2: The number of Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) mentioned < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
History of Science in South Asia
The Table Text Jagadbhūṣaṇa of Haridatta < [Vol. 12 (2024)]