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Entry अलंकृति

अलंकृतिalaṃkṛtif.Decoration.
1. Decoration.
2. An ornament; कर्णालं- कृति Amaru.13.
3. A rhetorical ornament, a figure of speech; तददौषौ शब्दार्थौ सगुणावनलंकृती पुनः क्वापि K. Parasmaipada1; यो विद्वान् मन्यते काव्यं शब्दार्थावनलंकृती । असौ न मन्यते कस्मादनु- ष्णमनलं कृती ॥; Chandr.1; सालंकृतिः श्रवणकोमलवर्णराजिः Bv. 3.6 (where अdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied has senses 2 and 3.).
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