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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study

Pratikūlavarṇa (प्रतिकूलवर्ण) refers to “discord of letters” and represents a type of Padāṃśadoṣa (“defects occurring in parts of words”) which 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.—In Pratikūlavarṇa certain letters are in consonance with the delineation of certain particular Passions; and letters that are not in such consonance are called ‘discordant’. An example is Bhīṣmacarita X.37.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pratikūlavarṇa (ಪ್ರತಿಕೂಲವರ್ಣ):—[noun] (rhet.) a fault in using letters of a language without regard to the sentiments as tenderness, harshness, wrath, love, etc.

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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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Partial matches: Pratikula, Varna.

Full-text: Padamshadosha, Vakyadosha.

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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

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