Vacyartha, Vacya-artha, Vācyārtha: 8 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Vachyartha.
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Vācyārtha (वाच्यार्थ) refers to one of the “three kinds of meaning of words”, according to the Sāhityadarpaṇa.—There are three kinds of meaning of words which are: vācyārtha, lakṣārtha and vyaṅgārtha. The vācyārtha is known by abhidhā, lakṣārtha is known by lakṣaṇā and vyaṅgārtha is recognized by vyañjanā. Thus it can be said that Abhidhā denotes the primary meaning, where the dictionary meaning of the word is predominant. Lakṣaṇā denotes the secondary meaning which is established after the failure of the primary sense though it is based on the primary meaning. And vyañjanā denotes the suggestive sense of a word.
Vācyārtha (“primary meaning”) is also mentioned in the Dhvanyāloka by Ānandavardhana (the founder of Dhvani school of Sanskrit poetics).—The suggestive sense is referred to as dhvani in Sanskrit poetics. Ānandavardhana speaks about two broad divisions of the suggestive meaning—It establishes that the meaning that satisfies the soul of the connoisseur is the soul of poetry and it is divided into two varieties viz., vācyārtha and pratīyamānārtha. Vācyārtha is the primary meaning which is explicit in nature and pratīyamānārtha is the suggestive meaning.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
vācyārtha (वाच्यार्थ).—& vācyāṃśa See under vācya a.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Vācyārtha (वाच्यार्थ).—expressed meaning.
Derivable forms: vācyārthaḥ (वाच्यार्थः).
Vācyārtha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vācya and artha (अर्थ).
Vācyārtha (वाच्यार्थ).—[masculine] the meaning immediately expressed.
Vācyārtha (वाच्यार्थ):—[from vācya > vāc] m. the directly expressed meaning (-tva n. direct expression of meaning), [Vedāntasāra]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Vācyārtha (वाच्यार्थ) [Also spelled vachyarth]:—(nm) literal/primary meaning (of a word).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Vācyārtha (ವಾಚ್ಯಾರ್ಥ):—[noun] the literary (not idiomatic) meaning of a word or sentence.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Vācyārtha (वाच्यार्थ):—n. literal;
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: Vacya, Artha.
Starts with: Vacyarthatva, Vacyarthavada.
Full-text (+1): Vacyarthatva, Vacya, Abhidha, Pratiyamana, Laksha, Vaacharth, Lakshana, Vyanjana, Vyanga, Vachyarth, Vastumatra, Rasamatra, Pratiyamanartha, Alamkaramatra, Suggestive sense, Vyangartha, Lakshartha, Primary meaning, Secondary meaning, Dhvani.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 108 < [Hindi-Marathi-English Volume 1]
Page 109 < [Hindi-Malayalam-English Volume 1]
Page 109 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 1]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 2.33 < [Chapter 2 - The Natures of Words (śabda)]
Text 3.1 < [Chapter 3 - Suggestiveness Based on a Specialty]
Text 2.2 < [Chapter 2 - The Natures of Words (śabda)]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
1.3. Elements of Drama (h): Sentiment (Rasa) < [Chapter 3 - Drama and Dance]
Kavyalankara-sara-sangraha of Udbhata (by Narayana Daso Banhatti)
Chapter 6—Sixth Varga < [English notes to the Kavyalankara-sara-sangraha]
Chapter 4—Fourth Varga < [English notes to the Kavyalankara-sara-sangraha]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 312 < [Volume 9 (1910)]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
10: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Mahimabhaṭṭa (11th century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
3: Definition of Samāsokti Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]