Samudgayamaka, Samudga-yamaka: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraSamudgayamaka (समुद्गयमक), or simply samudga, refers to one of the ten kinds of yamaka, according to Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 17. Yamaka is one of the four “figures of speech” (alaṃkāra), used when composing dramatic compositions (kāvya).
Source: archive.org: Natya ShastraSamudgayamaka (समुद्गयमक).—One of the ten kinds of yamaka;—Description of samudgayamaka: When the same Hemistich by its repetition completes the verse, it is an instance of Samudga-Yamaka.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySamudgayamaka (समुद्गयमक).—(in Rhet.) making an artificial arrangement of words in such a manner as to make different parts of a stanza correspond in sound though they differ in meaning; see यमक (yamaka).
Derivable forms: samudgayamakam (समुद्गयमकम्).
Samudgayamaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms samudga and yamaka (यमक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySamudgayamaka (समुद्गयमक).—n.
(-kaṃ) (In rhetoric,) The repetition of the same words in different Padas of a stanza, but in a different sense. E. samudga what goes completely, yamaka alliteration.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySamudgayamaka (समुद्गयमक):—[=samudga-yamaka] [from samudga] n. idem, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya [Scholiast or Commentator]]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySamudgayamaka (समुद्गयमक):—[samudga-yamaka] (kaṃ) 1. n. Species of alliteration.
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: Yamaka, Samudga.
Full-text: Yamaka.
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Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Citrakāvya (1): Yamaka < [Introduction]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
2: Definition of Yamaka Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Śabdālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
1-2: The number of Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) mentioned < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)