Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana
by Pratim Bhattacharya | 2016 | 65,462 words
This page relates 鈥�: Alamkara-shastra according to Vishvanatha鈥� of the study on Alamkaras (鈥榝igure of speech鈥�) mentioned by Vamana in his Kavyalankara-sutra Vritti, a treatise dealing with the ancient Indian science of Rhetoric and Poetic elements. Vamana flourished in the 8th century and defined thirty-one varieties of Alamkara (lit. 鈥渁nything which beautifies a Kavya or poetic composition鈥�)
22 : Ala峁僰膩ra-艣膩stra according to 痴颈艣惫补苍腻迟丑补
痴颈艣惫补苍腻迟丑补鈥檚 厂腻丑颈迟测补诲补谤辫补峁嘺 is a concise and compact handbook of Sanskrit rhetoric and it deals with both Poetics and Dramaturgy. He deals with the poetic figures in the last chapter of his work alike Mamma峁�. He, like his predecessors Mamma峁乤nd Ruyyaka, has considered 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 as irregular or non-permanent attributes of word and its sense.
They only enrich the beauty of word and sense in poetic composition and thus indirectly enhance and embellish the 鈥�rasa-谤别补濒颈蝉补迟颈辞苍鈥欌赌�
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鈥�厂腻丑颈迟测补-诲补谤辫补峁嘺 (of 痴颈艣惫补苍腻迟丑补) 10.1.