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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconYamakam (யமகம்) noun < yamaka. (Rhetoric) Repetition, in a stanza, with changes of meaning sometimes effected by changes in the division of words, distinct from tiripu; வந்த எழுத்துக் களே பொருள் வேறுபடச் செய்யுளின் சீர் அல்லது அடிகளிற் பின்னும் வருவதாகிய மடக்கு என்னும் அணி. [vantha ezhuthug kale porul verupadas seyyulin sir allathu adigalir pinnum varuvathagiya madakku ennum ani.] (தண்டியலங்காரம் [thandiyalangaram] 90, உரை. [urai.])
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Ends with: Ceyamakam, Iyamakam, Niyamakam.
Full-text: Yamakavantati, Iyamakam, Adyanta, Tiripu.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.246 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 9.20 [Yamaka] < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 10.251 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
2: Definition of Yamaka Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Śabdālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
2. Śiśupālavadha in Kuntaka’s treatment < [Chapter 3 - Kuntaka’s estimation of Mahākāvyas of other Poets]
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