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Results for आख्यायिका

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Apte Dictionary

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

आख्यायिकाākhyāyikā1 A species of prose composition, a connected story or narrative; आख्यायिका कथावत् स्यात् कवेर्वंशादिकीर्तनम्…
1. 1 A species of prose composition, a connected story or narrative; आख्यायिका कथावत् स्यात् कवेर्वंशादिकीर्तनम् । अस्यामन्यकवीनां च वृत्तं गद्यं क्वचित् क्वचित् । कथांशानां व्यवच्छेद आश्वास इति बध्यते । आर्यावक्त्रापवक्त्राणां छन्दसां येन केनचित् ॥ अन्यापदेशेनाश्वासमुखे भाव्यर्थसूचनम् । S. D.568. Writers on Rhetoric usually divide prose composition into कथा and आख्यायिका and make a distinction between them. Thus they regard Bāṇa's हर्षचरित as an आख्यायिका and कादंबरी as a कथा; according to Daṇḍin, however, (Kāv.1.28) there is no distinction between the two; तत्कथाख्यायिकेत्येका जातिः संज्ञाद्वयाङ्किता
2. Narration (of what is known).
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आख्यायिकाākhyāyikāf. a short narrative Pa1n2. 4-2, 60 Comm. Sa1m2khyak. &c.
1. feminine a short narrative Pa1n2. 4-2, 60 commentator or commentary Sa1m2khyak. etc.
2. feminine (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedयिक, metrically shortened in compound) MBh. ii, 453.
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