Madhyadipaka, Madhyadīpaka, Madhya-dipaka: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMadhyadīpaka (मध्यदीपक).—a variety of the figure called Dīpaka, in which the common attribute that throws light on the whole description is placed in the middle; e. g; गरुडानिलतिग्मरश्मयः पततां यद्यपि संमता जवे । अचिरेण कृतार्थमागतं तममन्यन्त तथाप्यतीव ते (garuḍānilatigmaraśmayaḥ patatāṃ yadyapi saṃmatā jave | acireṇa kṛtārthamāgataṃ tamamanyanta tathāpyatīva te) || Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.25.
Derivable forms: madhyadīpakam (मध्यदीपकम्).
Madhyadīpaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhya and dīpaka (दीपक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhyadīpaka (मध्यदीपक).—n.
(-kaṃ) A species of the figure of speech called Dipaka; in it the common term which throws light on the whole stanza is used in the middle.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhyadīpaka (मध्यदीपक):—[=madhya-dīpaka] [from madhya] n. (in rhetoric) ‘illuminating in the middle’, Name of a figure in which light is thrown on a description by the use of an emphatic verb in the middle of a stanza (e.g. [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya x, 24]), [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti iv, 3, 18; 19.]
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Partial matches: Dipaka, Madhya.
Full-text: Antadipaka.
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