Shrutyanuprasa, Shruti-anuprasa, Śrutyanuprāsa, Śrutyānuprāsa: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śrutyanuprāsa and Śrutyānuprāsa can be transliterated into English as Srutyanuprasa or Shrutyanuprasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Śrutyanuprāsa (श्रुत्यनुप्रास) refers to a type of Anuprāsa (“alliteration”) which represents one of the various Alaṅkāras (‘figures of speech’) classified as Śabda (‘sound’), as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—In XVII.47 of the Bhīṣmacarita the poet has accurately depicted to be cautious of danger by the use of word ‘rā’ in “rājyasya” and “rājā” of 2nd quarter in śrutyanuprāsa. The other examples of the same Figure of speech are I.2, II.8, II.14, III.34, IV.5, V.18, VI.22, VII.3, VIII.29, IX.66, X.37, XII.41, XIII.33, XIV.45, XV.10, XVII.47, XIX.3, XX.35 and XX.50.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Śrutyanuprāsa (श्रुत्यनुप्रास).—a kind of alliteration; see K. P.9.
Derivable forms: śrutyanuprāsaḥ (श्रुत्यनुप्रासः).
Śrutyanuprāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śruti and anuprāsa (अनुप्रास).
Śrutyanuprāsa (श्रुत्यनुप्रास).—m.
(-saḥ) Alliteration. E. śruti hearing, and anuprāsa similarity of sound.
Śrutyanuprāsa (श्रुत्यनुप्रास):—[=śruty-anuprāsa] [from śruty > śru] m. a kind of alliteration consisting in the repetition of consonants belonging to the same class or organ of utterance (e.g. the palatal letter j and y etc.), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
Śrutyanuprāsa (श्रुत्यनुप्रास):—(saḥ) 1. m. Alliteration.
Śrutyanuprāsa (श्रुत्यनुप्रास):—m. Bez. einer best. Alliteration: das Aufeinanderfolgen von consonantischen Lauten, die an derselben Stelle des Mundes hervorgebracht werden (z. B. ja und ya; ta, tha, da, dha und na) [Sāhityadarpana 636.] Comm. zu [kāvyādarśa 1, 56.]
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.
Nepali dictionary
Śrutyānuprāsa (श्रुत्यानुप्रास):—n. alliteration;
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: Anuprasa, Shruti.
Full-text: Shrutyanupras, Sanuprasa, Anuprasa, Madhurya.
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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 5a - Alaṃkāra (1): Anuprāsa or alliteration < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 9.4 [Anuprāsa] < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 9.9 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 1.13 < [Chapter 1 - The Purpose of Poetry]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2.3a - Śabdālaṃkāra (Figure of Word) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
The Kalika Purana (literary study) (by Dilip Kumar Goswami)
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
6.2. Alankaras (1): Anuprasa (alliteration) < [Chapter 15 - The Tilakamanjari as a Prose Poetic work]
6.1. Study of the Gunas, Ritis, and Vrittis < [Chapter 15 - The Tilakamanjari as a Prose Poetic work]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
3: Definition of Anuprāsa 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]