Shlishtarupaka, Śliṣṭarūpaka, Shlishta-rupaka: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śliṣṭarūpaka can be transliterated into English as Slistarupaka or Shlishtarupaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚliṣṭarūpaka (श्लिष्टरूपक).—ambiguity as a metaphor; राजहंसोपभोगार्हं भ्रमरप्रार्थ्यसौरभम् । सखि वक्त्राम्बुजमिदं तवेति श्लिष्टरूपकम् (rājahaṃsopabhogārhaṃ bhramaraprārthyasaurabham | sakhi vaktrāmbujamidaṃ taveti śliṣṭarūpakam) || Kāv. 2.87.
Derivable forms: śliṣṭarūpakam (श्लिष्टरूपकम्).
Śliṣṭarūpaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śliṣṭa and rūpaka (रूपक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚliṣṭarūpaka (श्लिष्टरूपक).—[neuter] a kind of metaphor.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚliṣṭarūpaka (श्लिष्टरूपक):—[=śliṣṭa-rūpaka] [from śliṣṭa > śliṣ] n. ambiguity as a metaphor, [Kāvya literature ii, 87.]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚliṣṭarūpaka (ಶ್ಲಿಷ್ಟರೂಪಕ):—[noun] (rhet.) ambiguity as a metaphor.
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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