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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vācyālaṅkāra (वाच्यालंकार).—m S A rhetorical ornament; a figure of the sentiment or sense. vācyālaṅkāra (or properly and commonly arthālaṅkāra) is contradistinguished from śabdālaṅkāra. The first is Deflection or affection of the sense of the sentence; the second is Change (from literal to metaphorical) of the sense of a word; the first is Figure, the second is Trope. The vācyālaṅkāra or Figures are enumerated at one hundred and fifteen, the śabdā- laṅkāra or Tropes, at five. These hundred and fifteen figures, omitted under the proper word arthā- laṅkāra, are inserted here:--upamālaṅkāra, ananvaya, upamēyōpamā, pratīpa, rūpaka, pariṇāma, ullēkha, ssṛtimān, bhrāntimān, sasandēha, apanhuti, utprēkṣā, atiśayōkti, tulyayōgitā, dīpaka, prativastūpamā, dṛṣṭānta, nidarśanā, vyatirēka, vinōkti, samāsōkti, parikara, parikarāṅkura, ślēṣa, aprastutapraśaṃsā, prastutāṅkura, paryāyōkta, vyājanindā, vyājastuti, ākṣēpa, virōdhābhāsa, vibhāvanā, viśēṣōkti, asambhava, asaṅgati, viṣama, vicitra, adhika, alpa, anyōnya, viśēṣa, vyāghāta, kāraṇamālā, ēkāvalī, mālā- dīpaka, yaśāsaṅkhya, paryāya, parivṛtti, parisaṅkhyā, vikalpa, samuccaya, samādhi, pratyanīka, kāvyārthāpatti, kāvyaliṅga, arthāntaranyāsa, vikasvara, prauḍhōkti, sambhāvanā, mithyādhya- vasiti, lalita, praharṣaṇa, viṣādana, ullāsa, avajñā, anujñā, lēśa, mudrā, ratnāvalī, tadguṇa, pūrvarūpa, atadguṇa, utkarṣa, mīlita, sāmānya, uttara, citra, sūkṣma, vyājōkti, vivṛtōkti, yukti, lōkōkti, chēkōkti, vakrōkti, svabhāvōkti, bhāvika, atyukti, nirukti, pratiṣēdha, vidhi, hētu, rasavat, prēyas, ūrjasvit, samāhita, bhāvōdaya, bhāvasandhi, bhāvaśa- balatā. For the definitions and exemplifications of these figures see pratāparudragrantha & kāvyaprakāśa. Note. The above vācyālaṅkāra are, not one hundred and fifteen, but ninety-eight; because the enumera- tion presents, not the divisions and subdivisions, but the main word simply.

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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.

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Full-text: Arthalankara, Sukshma, Vakyadosha.

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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

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