Padadosha, Padadoṣa, Pada-dosha: 2 definitions
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Padadosha 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.
The Sanskrit term Padadoṣa can be transliterated into English as Padadosa or Padadosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Padadoṣa (पददोष) refers to “defects of word” and represents one of the various Kāvya-doṣas (‘poetic defects’), as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—Mammaṭa says that Defects of Word are of sixteen types (cf. Kāvyaprakāśa, VII.50-51).
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
Kannada-English dictionary
Padadōṣa (ಪದದೋಷ):—[noun] (poet.) a defect or blemish of using wrong, inappropriate word or words in a composition.
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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Partial matches: Dosha, Doshas, Pada, Pata.
Full-text (+6): Anucitartha, Apratita, Shrutikatu, Dosha, Prayukta, Nirarthakatva, Samskritya, Anucita, Gramya, Asamartha, Klishta, Tridha, Nirarthaka, Sandigdha, Neyartha, Avacaka, Nihatartha, Vidheyamsha, Ashlilatva, Avimrishta.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 7.24 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 7.2 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 7.47 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
7. Kavya-doshas (Poetic blemishes) < [Chapter 15 - The Tilakamanjari as a Prose Poetic work]
Mimamsa in Medhatithi (study) (by A. R. Joshi)
Definition of Vakyabheda in Mimamsa < [Part 3.21 - Vakyabheda]
Mimamsa interpretation of Vedic Injunctions (Vidhi) (by Shreebas Debnath)
Chapter 3.2 - Viśiṣṭavidhi and Utpattividhi
Chapter 10.1 - Conclusion (categories dependent on injunctions)
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 5.3a - Pada-doṣa (defects of word) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Part 5.1-2 - Definition of Doṣa (poetic defects) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 13 - Kāvyānuśāsana of Hemachandra < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]