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    See also alaṃkṛti, araṃkṛti.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 173, col. 1.
    alaṃkṛtiḥ f.

    1 Decoration.

    2 An ornament; karṇālaṃkṛti Amaru. 13.

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

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 234.
    alaṃkṛtiḥ f. 1 Decoration. -2 An ornament; karṇālaṃ- kṛti Amaru.13. -3 A rhetorical ornament, a figure of speech; tadadauṣau śabdārthau saguṇāvanalaṃkṛtī punaḥ kvāpi K. P.1; yo vidvān manyate kāvyaṃ śabdārthāvanalaṃkṛtī | asau na manyate kasmādanu- ṣṇamanalaṃ kṛtī ||; Chandr.1; sālaṃkṛtiḥ śravaṇakomalavarṇarājiḥ Bv. 3.6 (where a˚ has senses 2 and 3.).