Alankara - Alankara

Japanese: アランカーラ - あらんかーら
Alankara - Alankara

...It includes poetry, prose, and dramas that combine both, and Prakrit and Apabhramsa may also be used. Although it is difficult to give a strict definition, it refers to literary works that evoke a certain emotion (rasa) in the reader, have a style (rīti) with a specific characteristic (guna), and are decorated with complex rhetoric (alaṁkāra). There are some restrictions on the content, so the emphasis tends to be on form. The origin of kāvya is generally said to be the great epic poem Ramayana, but after this great epic poem various types of works were created, such as lyric poetry, epic poetry, drama, fantasy novels, tales, and fables, and this led to a remarkable development in the theory of poetry, rhetoric, and drama.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Alankara" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…韻文,散文および両者の混交した戯曲も包含し,プラークリット語やアパブランシャ語の併用も許される。厳密な定義を下すことはむずかしいが,読者に一定の情緒(ラサ)を喚起させ,特定の特徴(グナ)のある文体(リーティ)を備え,複雑な修辞法(アランカーラalaṁkāra)によって修飾された文学的作品をいうもので,内容にもある程度の制限があるため,むしろ形式に重きをおく傾向が強い。カービヤの起源は一般に大叙事詩《ラーマーヤナ》にあるといわれているが,この大叙事詩の後に抒情詩,叙事詩,戯曲,伝奇小説,説話,寓話など各種類の作品が作られ,これにともなって詩論,修辞学,戯曲論等が著しく発達した。…

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