The Sanskrit term Bhāṣāsama can be transliterated into English as Bhasasama or Bhashasama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhāṣāsama (भाषासम).—a figure of speech, which consists in so arranging the words of a sentence that it may be considered and read either as Sanskṛt or Prākṛta (one or more of its varieties); e. g. मञ्जुलमणिमञ्जीरे कलगभ्भीरे विहारसरसीतीरे । विरसासि केलिकीरे किमालि धीरे च गन्धसारसमीरे (mañjulamaṇimañjīre kalagabhbhīre vihārasarasītīre | virasāsi kelikīre kimāli dhīre ca gandhasārasamīre) || S. D.642 (eṣa ślokaḥ saṃskṛtaprākṛtaśaurasenīprācyāvantīnāgarāpa- bhraṃśeṣvekavidha eva); किं त्वां भणामि विच्छेददारुणायासकारिणि । कामं कुरु वरारोहे देहि मे परिरम्भणम् (kiṃ tvāṃ bhaṇāmi vicchedadāruṇāyāsakāriṇi | kāmaṃ kuru varārohe dehi me parirambhaṇam) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 6.11. (which is in Sanskṛt or Śaurasenī); so 6.1.

Derivable forms: bhāṣāsamaḥ (भाषासमः).

Bhāṣāsama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhāṣā and sama (सम).

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

Bhāṣāsama (भाषासम).—m.

(-maḥ) A figure of rhetoric, arrangement of a sentence so that it is both Sanskrit and Prakrita. E. bhāṣā and sama same.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhāṣāsama (भाषासम):—[=bhāṣā-sama] [from bhāṣā > bhāṣ] m. ‘Prākṛt -like’, a sentence so arranged that it may be either Sanskṛt or Prākṛt, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

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

Bhāṣāsama (भाषासम):—[bhāṣā-sama] (maḥ) 1. m. Likeness in language.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhashasama in German

context information

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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Bhāṣāsama (भाषासम):—n. Rhet. a figure of speech which consists in so arranging the words of a sentence that it may be considered and read as one or the other language;

context information

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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Partial matches: Bhasha, Cama, Sama.

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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

Text 11.2 [Bhāṣā-sama] < [Chapter 11 - Additional Ornaments]

Text 11.4 [Bindu-cyutaka] < [Chapter 11 - Additional Ornaments]

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Bhaṭṭikāvya of Bhaṭṭi < [Chapter 1 - Śāstrakāvyas—A Brief Survey]

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Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)

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