Citralankara, Citrālaṅkāra, Citralamkara: 3 definitions
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Citralankara means something in 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarycitrālaṅkāra (चित्रालंकार).—m S A figure of rhetoric. A sentence comprising both the question and its answer: or that in which one answer serves two questions. Ex. kambalavantaṃ na bādhatē śītaṃ or kāśītala vāhinī gaṅgā. Ex. of the second sense kēkhēṭāḥkiñcalaṃ? Ans. vayaḥ
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishcitrālaṅkāra (चित्रालंकार).—m A figure of rhetoric.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCitrālaṃkāra (ಚಿತ್ರಾಲಂಕಾರ):—[noun] (rhet.) a figure of speech in which an interrogative asking has in itself the answer for it in a suggestive or implied manner.
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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Full-text: Laghucitralamkara, Vicitralamkarasvara, Citrottara.
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