अलंकार

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • the act of decorating
  • ornament, decoration
  • (rhetoric) an ornament of the sense or the sound, of which there are 2 types - शब्दालंकार|śabdālaṃkāra(sound) and अर्थालंकार|arthālaṃkāra(sense)

Etymology

Com from Sanskrit अलम् + Sanskrit कार (action, performing, deed, doing, making, producing, etc, sound, act, doer, tax, smith).

Origin

Sanskrit

कार

Gloss

action, performing, deed, doing, making, producing, etc, sound, act, doer, tax, smith

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

税, 租

Emoji
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