1 Decoration, act of de- corating or ornamenting.

2 An ornament (fig. also); alaṃkāraḥ svargasya [Page0173-a+ 56] V. 1; anutsekaḥ khalu vikramālaṃkāraḥ ibid.

3 A figure of speech of which there are three kinds: śabdaº, arthaº, and śabdārthaº; śabdārthayorasthirā ye dharmāḥ śobhātiśāyinaḥ. rasādīnupakurvaṃto'laṃkārāsteṃ' gadādivat.. S. D. 631; upakurvaṃti laṃ saṃtaṃyeṃ'gadvāreṇa jātu cit. hārādivadalaṃkārāste-...