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Results for अनन्वय

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अनन्वयananvayaWant of connection.
[न. त.]
1. Want of connection.
2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which a thing is compared to itself, the object being to show that it is matchless and can have no other उपमान; उपमानोपमेयत्वं यदेकस्यैव वस्तुनः । इन्दुरिन्दुरिव श्रीमानित्यादौ तदनन्वयः ॥ गगनं गगनाकारं सागरः सागरोपमः । रामरावणयोर्युद्धं रामरावणयोरिव ॥
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अनन्वयananvayam. want of connexion, (in rhetoric) comparison of an object with its own ideal, (as, "a lady-like lady.")

masculine gender want of connexion, (in rhetoric) comparison of an object with its own ideal, (as, "a lady-like lady.")

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