Shilatura, Śīlāturā: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Śīlāturā can be transliterated into English as Silatura or Shilatura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studyŚīlāturā (शीलातुरा) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) [defined as वं.वं.वं.इ] of the Vaṃśastha type as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—We find sixteen examples of Śīlāturā variety of Vaṃśastha metre in the Bhīṣmacarita. The example of it is verse XV.21. [...] The other examples are as follows: XV.40, XVI.5, XVI.36, XVII.8, XVII.16, XVII.33, XVII.39, XVIII.13, XVIII.34, XIX.13, XIX.25, XIX.30, XIX.32, XIX.48 and XX.15.
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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