alaṃkṛtiḥ

Dictionary meanings for alaṃkṛtiḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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alaṃkṛtiḥ

Normalized lookup: alamkrtih

Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

f. 1 Decoration.

2 An ornament; karṇālaṃkṛti Amaru. 13.

3 A rhetorical ornament, a figure of speech; tadadauṣau śabdārthau saguṇāvanalaṃ- kṛtī punaḥ kvāpi K. P. 1; yo vidvān ma- nyate kāvyaṃ śabdārthāvanalaṃkṛtī. asau na manyate kasmādanuṣṇamanalaṃ kṛtī..; Chandr. 1; sālaṃkṛtiḥ śraṃvaṇakomalavarṇarājiḥ Bv. 3. 6 (where aº has senses 2. and 3.).

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