English Meaning of alankara

Meaning of 'alankara'

m (S) Ornament (of dress); jewels, trinkets &c.: (of language); figures, tropes, rhyme, alliteration, inversion, comparison &c. Three comprehensive genera are enumerated, each including many species; viz. sabdalankara, arthalankara, ubhayalankara. 2 Ornament gen., that which adorns or becomes: a trinket, a jewel, a virtue. Ex. ksama hi samarthasa a0 hoya jasi ncitre ṃhi mbhintisa a0.

Meaning of अलंकार

m (S) Ornament (of dress); jewels, trinkets &c.: (of language); figures, tropes, rhyme, alliteration, inversion, comparison &c. Three comprehensive genera are enumerated, each including many species; viz. शब्दालंकार, अर्थालंकार, उभयालंकार. 2 Ornament gen., that which adorns or becomes: a trinket, a jewel, a virtue. Ex. क्षमा ही समर्थास अ0 होय जशीं चित्रें हीं भिंतीस अ0.

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