Padamshadosha, Padāṃśadoṣa, Padamsha-dosha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Padāṃśadoṣa can be transliterated into English as Padamsadosa or Padamshadosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studyPadāṃśadoṣa (पदांशदोष) refers to “defects occurring in parts of words” 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 discusses defects occurring in parts of words in Kāvyaprakāśa, VII.52.—It means that excepting (a) lack of correctness, (b) incapability of giving sense and (c) uselessness-these (aforesaid) defects occur in a sentence also; and some of them in parts of words as well.
Three defects are:
- discord of letters (pratikūlavarṇa),
- the blunted visarga and the rejected visarga (“upahatavisargaṃluptavisargaṃ ca”),
- unrhythmical (hatavṛtta).
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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Partial matches: Dosha.
Full-text: Dosha, Hatavritta, Pratikulavarna, Arthadosha.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 5.1-2 - Definition of Doṣa (poetic defects) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]