Gramyatva, Grāmyatva, Gramya-tva: 2 definitions
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Gramyatva 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: Mālatīmādhava of Bhavabhūti (kavya-shastra)Grāmyatva (ग्राम्यत्व) refers to “vulgarity” (Cf. Grāmya—‘words that are vulgar’), according to Mammaṭa-Bhaṭṭa’s Kāvyaprakāśa verse 7.50-51.—The grāmyatva is a word that is used only by the lower order of men. In the Mālatīmādhava, this defect arises in the verse tvatvatsalaḥ kva sa tapasvijanasya…… ………..etc. wherein the term kanyāvitaḥ is used by a caṇḍāla kapālakuṇḍalā.Where the term kanyāviṭaḥ is vulgar. Hence it is regarded as the defect called grāmyatva.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Grāmyatva (ग्राम्यत्व):—[=grāmya-tva] [from grāmya > grāma] n. idem, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] (a- [negative], ‘urbanity’), [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti iii, 2, 12.]
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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Ends with: Agramyatva.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 4.9.28 < [Part 9 - Incomplete Expression of Mellows (rasābhāsa)]
Verse 4.9.25 < [Part 9 - Incomplete Expression of Mellows (rasābhāsa)]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 5.3a - Pada-doṣa (defects of word) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Kathakali, and Other Forms of Bharata Natya < [September-October 1933]