Vacyartha, Vacya-artha, Vācyārtha: 7 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Vachyartha.
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kavya)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
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvācyārtha (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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVācyārtha (वाच्यार्थ).—expressed meaning.
Derivable forms: vācyārthaḥ (वाच्यार्थः).
Vācyārtha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vācya and artha (अर्थ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVācyārtha (वाच्यार्थ).—[masculine] the meaning immediately expressed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVācyārtha (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
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryVācyārtha (वाच्यार्थ) [Also spelled vachyarth]:—(nm) literal/primary meaning (of a word).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVācyārtha (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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vacya, Artha.
Starts with: Vacyarthatva, Vacyarthavada.
Full-text (+1): Vacya, Abhidha, Vacyarthatva, Vaacharth, Pratiyamana, Lakshana, Vyanga, Vyanjana, Laksha, Vachyarth, Vastumatra, Alamkaramatra, Rasamatra, Suggestive sense, Primary meaning, Pratiyamanartha, Vyangartha, Secondary meaning, Lakshartha, Dhvani.
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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)]
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]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
1.3. Elements of Drama (h): Sentiment (Rasa) < [Chapter 3 - Drama and Dance]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 12 [Ambika is Kilāsa] < [Chapter 1 - First Vimarśa]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 9 - Commentary on the poem [Śrīkaṇṭhacarita] < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 2 - Divisions of kāvya < [Chapter I - Introduction]