Dhvanikavya, Dhvani-kavya, Dhvanikāvya: 2 definitions

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Dhvanikavya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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

Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kavya)

Dhvanikāvya (ध्वनिकाव्य) refers to one of the three types of Kāvya (“poetry”), according to Mammaṭabhaṭṭa, the author of the Kāvyaprakāśa.—There are three kinds of kāvya viz., dhvanikāvya, guṇībhūtavyaṅgakāvya and citrakāvya.

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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

Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Dhvanikavya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dhvanikāvya (ಧ್ವನಿಕಾವ್ಯ):—[noun] a literary work that gives prominence to the indirectly suggested sense rather than literal sense.

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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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