Shabdalankara, Śabdālaṅkāra, Shabda-alankara, Shabda-alamkara, Shabdalamkara: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śabdālaṅkāra can be transliterated into English as Sabdalankara or Shabdalankara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालङ्कार) refers to the “sound” type of Alaṅkāra (“figures of speech”) which represents the “essence of poetry”.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालंकार).—m (S) In rhetoric. A trope or verbal figure. Of such five are specified; viz. vakrōkti, anuprāsa, yamaka, ślēṣa, punaruktavadābhāsa. vakrōkti has three varieties; viz. sabhaṅgaślēṣavakrōkti, abhaṅgaślēṣa- vakrōkti, kākuvakrōkti; but of each of the five there are varieties and distinctions and subdistinctions. See the whole department of rhetoric elaborately explicated and elucidated in pratāparudragrantha & kāvya- prakāśa.
śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालंकार).—m A trope or verbal figure.
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
Śabdālaṃkāra (शब्दालंकार).—a figure of speech depending for its charmingness on sound or words and disappearing as soon as the words which constitute the figure are replaced by others of the same meaning (opp. arthālaṃkāra); e. g.; see K. P. 9.
Derivable forms: śabdālaṃkāraḥ (शब्दालंकारः).
Śabdālaṃkāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śabda and alaṃkāra (अलंकार).
Śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालङ्कार).—m.
(-raḥ) Rhetorical use of words; verbal figure, as alliteration, &c. E. śabda and alaṅkāra ornament.
Śabdālaṃkāra (शब्दालंकार):—[from śabda > śabd] m. embellishment of the sound (of a sentence by rhyme. alliteration etc., as opp. to arthāl q.v.), a figure of speech depending for its pleasingness on sound or words (such as the yamaka and anuprāsa, qq.vv.)
Śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालङ्कार):—[śabdā+laṅkāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Rhetorical language; alliteration.
Śabdālaṃkāra (शब्दालंकार):—m. Schmuck des Lautes, des Wortes, der Lautform (Alliteration, Reim u.s.w.) [Oxforder Handschriften 87,a,1.207], a, [33. 208], a, [No. 489. 209], b, [No. 493. 210], a, [Nalopākhyāna 1.] — Vgl. arthālaṃkāra .
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.
Hindi dictionary
Śabdālaṃkāra (शब्दालंकार) [Also spelled shabdalankar]:—(nm) a word-based figure of speech.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Śabdālaṃkāra (ಶಬ್ದಾಲಂಕಾರ):—[noun] a figure of speech depending for its pleasingness on sound or words.
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Śabdāḷaṃkāra (ಶಬ್ದಾಳಂಕಾರ):—[noun] = ಶಬ್ದಾಲಂಕಾರ [shabdalamkara].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Śabdālaṅkāra (शब्दालङ्कार):—n. figure of etymology (as alliteration; assonance); an adornment or figure of speech depending for its effect on sounds (as alliteration; assonance) rather-than on meanings;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Shabda, Alamkara.
Full-text (+4): Shabdalamkaramanjari, Arthalankara, Shabdalamkaravicara, Anuprasa, Shabdalankar, Alamkara, Gudha, Pathiti, Ubhayalankara, Prashnottara, Kavyavilasa, Prekshya, Sphutanuprasa, Latanuprasa, Chekanuprasa, Citra, Vrittyanuprasa, Yamaka, Vacyalankara, Punaruktapratikasha.
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Arts in the Puranas (study) (by Meena Devadatta Jeste)
7. Alankaras (Embellishments or Ornaments) < [Chapter 6 - Literature in the Puranas]
Alankara Sastra (English study) (by V. Raghavan)
The Kalika Purana (literary study) (by Dilip Kumar Goswami)
Poetic spirit of the Rigvedic Seers (study) (by Pubali Chakraborty)
Part 2.3 - Śabdālaṃkāra (3): Definition of Śabdaśleṣa < [Chapter 4 - Employment of Poetic Figures and Imageries]
Part 2.1 - Śabdālaṃkāra (1): Definition of Anuprāsa (Alliteration) < [Chapter 4 - Employment of Poetic Figures and Imageries]
Vasantavilasa of Balachandra Suri (translation and study) (by R. T. Bhat)
Part 1 - Sabdalankaras in Vasantavilasa-mahakavya < [Chapter 6]
Part 2 - Balachandra Suri—Master of Yamaka-alankara < [Chapter 6]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)