English Meaning of sabdalankara

Meaning of 'sabdalankara'

m (S) In rhetoric. A trope or verbal figure. Of such five are specified; viz. vakrokti, anuprasa, yamaka, slesa, punaruktavadabhasa. vakrokti has three varieties; viz. sabhangaslesavakrokti, abhangaslesa- vakrokti, kakuvakrokti; but of each of the five there are varieties and distinctions and subdistinctions. See the whole department of rhetoric elaborately explicated and elucidated in prataparudragrantha & kavya- prakasa.

Meaning of शब्दालंकार

m (S) In rhetoric. A trope or verbal figure. Of such five are specified; viz. वक्रोक्ति, अनुप्रास, यमक, श्लेष, पुनरुक्तवदाभास. वक्रोक्ति has three varieties; viz. सभंगश्लेषवक्रोक्ति, अभंगश्लेष- वक्रोक्ति, काकुवक्रोक्ति; but of each of the five there are varieties and distinctions and subdistinctions. See the whole department of rhetoric elaborately explicated and elucidated in प्रतापरुद्रग्रंथ & काव्य- प्रकाश.

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