Rhetorical ornament, figures of language, rhetoric, அணியிலக்கணம்
One of the sixty-four கலைஞானம், கலைஞானமறுபத்துநான்கினொன்று. Wils. p
ALANKARA. There are thirty-five figures of language; viz.:
தன்மை, a word or phrase expressing the nature of a thing
உவமை, a parable
உருவகம், metaphor
தீவகம், a word once used and understood in the other parts of the sentence
பின் வருநிலை, the repetition of the word beginning a sentence with the same or a different signification
முன்னர்விலக்கு, rejecting a truth asserted, by showing its absurdity
வேற்றுப்பொருள்வைப்பு, establishing the truth of a particular fact by a general truth
வேற்றுமை, contrast
விபாவனை separating effects from their proper causes and attributing them to other causes alluded to
ஒட்டு, an allegory
அதிசயம், hyperbole or exaggerated description
தற்குறிப்பேற்றம், a principal kind of metaphor
ஏது, a figure showing the cause, &c
நுட்பம், a figure which presents a suitable idea, by a corresponding hint, &c
இலேசம், a figure in which a trifling excuse is given, as a cloak for a thing of greater magnitude
நிரனிறை, one of the eight kinds of construction of a sentence, i. e. the separate successive arrangements of a series of nouns and their verbs in natural or reverse order
ஆர்வமொழி, an affectionate word or phrase
சுவை, the passions or emotions of the mind expressed by gesture, exhibited in action and transferred to poetry
தன்மேம்பாட்டுரை, self-adulation
பரியாயம், a figure in rhetoric by which one thing is told and another connected with it is intended
சமாயுதம், the accomplishing of one's object by indirect means
உதாத்தம், a figure which expresses copiousness, richness, enterprise, &c
அவநுதி, denying the character, quality or essence of a person or thing in order to attribute the same to others
சிலேடை, a word of double interpretation
விசேடம், distinguishing a cause by ascribing to it effects which it is inadequate to produce
ஒப்புமைக்கூட்டம். enumeration of analogous words, &c
விரோதம், opposition
மாறுபடுபுகழ்நிலை, praising a person or thing to the disparagement of another
புகழாப்புகழ்ச்சி, praise, flattery, &c., couched in terms of dispraise
நிதரிசனம், feigning a thing in nature as doing good or evil to another, a species of personification as a mode of moral instruction
புணர்நிலை, a figure in which the same epithets or attributes are adapted to two or more different subjects
பரிவருத்தனை, a figure in rhetoric, describing an exchange of beauties, excellencies
வாழ்த்து, congratulation
சங்கீரணம், the blending of several figures
பாவிகம், moral instruction, inference, applications, &c., from events related in epic poems
அலங்காரநைவேத்தியம் — An offering made in front of a temple, for show.
அலங்காரபஞ்சகம் — A poem of a hundred verses, (lit.) the five forms of beauty. It is a series of five kinds of verses; viz.: வெண்பா, கலித்துறை, அகவல், ஆசிரியவிருத்தம், சந்தவிருத்தம். (இவ்வகையே மாறிமாறி நூறுசெய்யுள் அந்தாதித்துப்பாடுவது.)