Shabdashlesha, Śabdaśleṣa, Shabda-shlesha: 5 definitions

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Shabdashlesha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Śabdaśleṣa can be transliterated into English as Sabdaslesa or Shabdashlesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shabdashlesha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śabdaśleṣa (शब्दश्लेष).—a play or pun upon words, a verbal equivoque; (it differs from arthaśleṣa in-as-much as the pun dissappears as soon as the words which constitute it are replaced by others of the same signification, whereas in arthaśleṣa the pun remains unchanged; śabdapari- vṛttisahatmarthaśleṣaḥ.)

Derivable forms: śabdaśleṣaḥ (शब्दश्लेषः).

Śabdaśleṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śabda and śleṣa (श्लेष).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śabdaśleṣa (शब्दश्लेष).—m.

(-ṣaḥ) A play upon words, a verbal equinoque, a pun, (it differs from arthaśleṣa in that the figure vanishes if the words on which it depends are substituted by others of the same meaning.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śabdaśleṣa (शब्दश्लेष):—[=śabda-śleṣa] [from śabda > śabd] m. a verbal quibble, pun (opp. to artha-ś), [Śiśupāla-vadha [Scholiast or Commentator]]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shabdashlesha in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shabdashlesha in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śabdaślēṣa (ಶಬ್ದಶ್ಲೇಷ):—[noun] a play or pun on words; a verbal equivoque or quibble.

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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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