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Karanamala, ṇa, Karana-mala: 8 definitions

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Karanamala 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.

In Hinduism

Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (kavyashastra)

ṇa (कारणमाला) refers to a type of ṃk (“figures of speech�).—Jayadeva has admitted the figures of speech ṇa which is very much akin to the figure gumpha of Cirañjīva. ṇa has been defined—�gumpha� ṇa syād yathāprākprāntakāranai��. Jayadeva has taken the series of causes into consideration while Cirañjiva has accepted the effects.

: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study

ṇa (कारणमाला) refers to the “garland of causes� and represents one of the various Alaṅkāras (‘figures of speech�) classified as Artha (‘sense�), as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a 屹ⲹ (‘epic poem�) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—There is an example of �ṇa� also in Bhīṣmacarita. With the help of this figure of speech, the poet has aptly presented the garland of causes in XV.22. Here the poet has aptly depicted the series of actions like victory is destined to fate, fate to righteousness and righteousness to noble conduct.

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, 屹ⲹśٰ) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Karanamala in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ṇa (कारणमाला).—a figure of speech, 'a chain of causes'; यथोत्तरं चेत् पूर्वस्य पूर्वस्यार्थस्� हेतुता � तद� कारणमाला स्यात् (yathottara� cet pūrvasya pūrvasyārthasya hetutā | tadā ṇa syāt) K. P.1; e. g. Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.62,63; also S. D.728.

ṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṇa and (माला).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṇa (कारणमाला).—f.

(-) A series or chain of events. E. ṇa, and a wreath.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṇa (कारणमाला):—[=ṇa-] [from ṇa > kāra] f. ‘a series or chain of causes�, a particular figure in [rhetoric] [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṇa (कारणमाला):—[ṇa-] () 1. f. Series of events.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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.

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