Alamkriti, ṃkṛt, Alaṅkṛti, Alankriti: 9 definitions
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Alamkriti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms ṃkṛt and Alaṅkṛti can be transliterated into English as Alamkrti or Alamkriti or Alankrti or Alankriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchAlaṅkṛti (अलङ्कृति) refers to “rhetoric�, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Not by studying the doctrines of scriptural exegesis, logic, planets and mathematics, nor by the Vedas, Upaniṣads, Dharmaśāstras [and the like]; not even by lexicons nor metre, grammar, poetry nor rhetoric (ṅkṛt); the sage's attainment of the highest reality is gained only from the oral teachings of his own guru.[...]�.

Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṃkṛt (अलंकृत�).�f.
1) Decoration.
2) An ornament; कर्णालंकृत� (첹ṇālṃkṛt) Amaruśataka 13.
3) A rhetorical ornament, a figure of speech; तददौषौ शब्दार्थ� सगुणावनलंकृती पुनः क्वापि (tadadauṣau śabdārthau saguṇāvanalaṃkṛtī puna� kvāpi) K. P.1; यो विद्वान् मन्यते काव्यं शब्दार्थावनलंकृती � अस� � मन्यते कस्मादनु- ष्णमनल� कृती (yo vidvān manyate kāvya� śabdārthāvanalaṃkṛtī | asau na manyate kasmādanu- ṣṇamanala� kṛtī) ||; Chandr.1; सालंकृति� श्रवणकोमलवर्णराजिः (sālaṃkṛti� śravaṇakomalavarṇarāji�) Bv. 3.6 (where ° has senses 2 and 3.).
Derivable forms: ṃkṛt� (अलंकृतिः).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃkṛt (अलंकृत�).—i. e. alam-k� + ti, f. Ornament, [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 13.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃkṛt (अलंकृत�).—[feminine] = ṃk.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṃkṛt (अलंकृत�):—[=�-ṛt] [from ala� > alam] f. ornament, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] rhetorical ornament (cf. -kara above), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Kāvyādarśa]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAlaṅkṛti (अलङ्कृति):�(پ�) 2. f. Adorning.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṃkṛt (ಅಲಂಕೃತ�):�
1) [noun] an ornament.
2) [noun] a rhetoric expression; a figure of speech.
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Aḷaṃkṛti (ಅಳಂಕೃತ�):�
1) [noun] an ornament.
2) [noun] a rhetoric expression; a figure of speech.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Alamkritiveru.
Full-text: Niralamkriti, Sadalamkriti, Alankiruti, Sadalamkritita.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 4 - Originality in Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) < [Chapter 3 - Contribution of Rājaśekhara to Sanskrit Poetics]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
9: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Kuntaka (10th century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of ṃk in Sanskrit Poetics]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.257 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 2.37 < [Chapter 2 - The Natures of Words (śabda)]
Text 4.62 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Chapter 26.3 - The Alankara School of Poetics < [Section 4 - Classical Sanskrit literature]
Chapter 26.8 - Conclusion < [Section 4 - Classical Sanskrit literature]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
6.1. Study of the Gunas, Ritis, and Vrittis < [Chapter 15 - The Tilakamanjari as a Prose Poetic work]