Sahityashastra, Sāhityaśāstra, Sahitya-shastra: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Sāhityaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Sahityasastra or Sahityashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysāhityaśāstra (साहित्यशास्त्र).—n (S A Shastra of materials or helpful means.) A treatise exhibiting and applying the figures of rhetoric; tracing and explicating the passions and affections; setting forth laws and rules for the guidance of fancy and sentiment; developing the whole mystery of dramatic or poetic representation.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsāhityaśāstra (साहित्यशास्त्र).—n A treatise on the figures of rhetoric or dramatic or poetic representation. The literary or lin- guistic science.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySāhityaśāstra (साहित्यशास्त्र).—see साहित्य (sāhitya) (3).
Derivable forms: sāhityaśāstram (साहित्यशास्त्रम्).
Sāhityaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sāhitya and śāstra (शास्त्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySāhityaśāstra (साहित्यशास्त्र):—[=sāhitya-śāstra] [from sāhitya] n. a treatise on rhetoric or composition (or any work explaining the figures of rhetoric or giving rules for literary or poetical composition), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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Partial matches: Shastra, Sahitya.
Full-text: Mangala.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Introduction to Kāvyaśāstra and Alaṃkāraśāstra < [Chapter 3 - Contribution of Rājaśekhara to Sanskrit Poetics]
Part 7.3 - Classifications of Kavisamaya (poetic conventions) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Appendix 1 - Ācārya, Kavi and important persons mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā
Balasubrahmanya Aiyar: A Great Soul < [October 1970]
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
Review of literature < [Introduction]