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Ashlilatva, śīٱ, Ashlila-tva: 2 definitions

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Ashlilatva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term śīٱ can be transliterated into English as Aslilatva or Ashlilatva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

: Shodhganga: Mālatīmādhava of Bhavabhūti (kavya-shastra)

śīٱ (अश्लीलत्व) (Cf. Aślīla) refers to �(words that are) indecorous (in three ways)�, according to Mammaṭa-Bhaṭṭa’s Kāvyaprakāśa verse 7.50-51.—The ṣa (or “poetic defects�) are regarded as undesirable elements [of a composition]. Any element which tends to detract the poetic composition is a demerit in general terms. In other words, ṣa are the opposites of the ṇālṃk. [...] In the Sāhityadarpaṇa, Viśvanātha says ṣa are five fold. [...] Mammaṭabhaṭṭa says that 貹岹ṣa (or “defects of word�) are of sixteen types [i.e., ٰ-śī (indecorous in three ways)].

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, 屹ⲹśٰ) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ashlilatva in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

śīٱ (अश्लीलत्व):—[=-śī-ٱ] [from a-ślīla > a-śrī] n. rustic language, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa etc.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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