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    alaṃkāra

    See also alaṃkāla, alaṃkāraḥ.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 53, col. 2.
    alaṃkāra alaṃkāra, i. e. alam-kṛ +

    a, m. 1. Trimming, Rām. 2, 40, 13.

    2. Ornament, trinkets, Daśak. in Chr.

    183, 13.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 43.
    alaṃkārá m. ornamenting or ornament (lit. & fig.).

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 28, col. 3.
    alaṃkāra alaṃ-kārá, m. adornment; ornament,
    trinket; rhetorical figure; -ka, m. ornament;
    -vatī, f. T. of the 9th Lambaka in
    the Kathā-sarit-sāgara; -śila, m. N..

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 94, col. 2.
    alaṃ—kārá m. the act of decorating, R. ii, 40, 13, (ifc. f., R. 18, 6) ornament, decoration, ŚBr.; TBr. &c. (in rhetoric) an ornament of the sense or the sound (cf. arthāl° and śabdāl°)
    ☞ p. 1316, col. 3.
    N. of a minister of Jaya-siṃha of Kaśmir (1129-1150 A.D.; he is also called Laṅkaka)

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 457.
    alaṃkā́ra (von kar mit alam) m.

    1) das Schmücken: kṛtvālaṃkāramātmanaḥ R. 2, 40, 13.

    — 2) Schmuck, Zierath AK. 2, 6, 3, 3. H. 649. 508. fg. an. 4, 236. MED. r. 243. āñjanābhyañjane prayacchantyeṣa ha mānuṣo 'laṃkāraḥ ŚAT. BR. 13, 8, 4, 7. 3, 5, 1, 36. CHĀND. UP. 8, 8, 5. M. 4, 66. 9, 17. 92. 150. 200. 219. 10, 52. ŚĀK. 10, 6. 50, 2, v. l. HIT. 42, 1. KATHĀS. 24, 181. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā R. 5, 18, 6. ŚRUT. 18. alaṃkārasuvarṇa Gold zu Schmucksachen AK. 2, 9, 96. H. 1046.

    — 3) eine rhetorische Figur H. an. 4, 236. MED. r. 243. DHŪRTAS. 68, 12. Verz. d. B. H. No. 965.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1053.
    alaṃkārá (so zu betonen)

    1) WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 148.

    — 2) TBR. 2, 3, 10, 2.

    — 3) Redeschmuck, Redefigur: kāvyānāmalaṃkārāḥ KĀVYĀD.1,10. Verz. d. Oxf. H.7,b,17. 211,a,1. śabdārthayorasthirā ye dharmāḥ śobhātiśāyinaḥ . rasādīnupakurvanto 'laṃkārāste 'ṅgadādivat .. SĀH. D. 631. Vgl. arthālaṃkāra und śabdālaṃkāra .

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 116, col. 3.
    alaṃkārá m.

    — 1) das Schmücken.

    — 2) Schmuck TBR. 2,3,10,2. 4. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā.

    — 3) Schmuck der Rede.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 29, col. 2.
    alaṃkārá m. das Schmücken, der Schmuck (auch der Rede).

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 69, col. 1.
    alaṃkāra 4. ein best. samādhi, Kāraṇḍ. 51, 12.
    ☞ p. 69, col. 1.
    alaṃkāra °n. Schmuck, S I, 150, 14 v.u. (Ko.).

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 115.
    Alaṃkāras — depend on varṇa, sthānayoga and nāṭya:

    Three places of origin — neck, head and mind: 4 varṇas,

    eight vikalpas, and sixteen deities: Different kinds of,

    described:1 300 varieties distinguished.2 [Footnote] 1) Br. III. 62. 2-23. [Footnote] 2) Vā. 87. 1-3, 10-21.

    Renou Vocabulaire du rituel védique

    ☞ p. 20.

    Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 31, col. 2.
    alaṃkāra by Dharmakīrti. Mentioned in Vāsavadattāp. 235.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 31, col. 2.
    alaṃkāra, shortened to laṅkaka, son of Viśvāvarta, brother
    of Maṅkha, minister of Jayasiṃha of Kāśmīr (1129
    --50). Report p. 52. Śrīkaṇṭhacarita 3, 56.

    Tāntrikābhidhānakośa

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 146.