alaṃkāraḥ1 Decoration, act of decorating or ornamenting. 2 An ornament (fig. also); alaṃkāraḥ svargasya (pb) V. 1; anutsekaḥ khalu vikramālaṃkāraḥibid. 3 A figure of speech of which there are three kinds: —śabda°, artha°, and śabdārtha°; śabdārthayorasthirā ye dharmāḥśobhātiśāyinaḥ . rasādīnupakurvaṃto'laṃkārāsteṃ'gadādivat .. S. D. 631; upakurvaṃti laṃsaṃtaṃyeṃ'gadvāreṇa jātu cit .hārādivadalaṃkārāstenuprāsopamādayaḥ K. P. 8. 4 The whole science of Rhetoric. Comp.—caṃdrikā a commentary on Kuvalayānanda. —śāstraṃ the science and art of rhetoric, poetics. —suvarṇaṃ gold used for ornaments. —sūraḥ N. of a kind of meditation in Buddhism. —hīnaa. unadorned.
alaṃkāraḥ1 Decoration, act of decorating or ornamenting. -2 An ornament (fig. also); alaṃkāraḥ svargasya V.1; anutsekaḥ khalu vikramālaṃkāraḥibid.-3 A figure of speech of which there are three kinds : -śabda˚, artha˚, and śabdārtha˚; śabdārthayorasthirā ye dharmāḥ śobhātiśāyinaḥ | rasādī- nupakurvanto'laṃkārāste'ṅgadādivat || S. D.631; upakurvanti taṃ santaṃ ye'ṅgadvāreṇa jātu cit | hārādivadalaṃkārāstenuprāsopamādayaḥ || K. P.8. cf. also kāvyaśobhākarān dharmānalaṃkārān pracakṣate | alaṃkariṣṇa- vaste ca śabdamarthamubhau tridhā ||. -4 The whole seience of Rhetoric. alaṃkāraḥ śāstrabhede maṇḍane... | Nm. -Comp. -candrikā a commentory on Kuvalayānanda. -maṇḍapaḥ The dressing room of idols. -śāstram the science and art of rhetoric, poetics. -suvarṇam gold used for ornaments. -sūraḥ N. of a kind of meditation in Buddhism. -hīnaa. unadorned.