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Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Sotprāsa (सोत्प्रास) refers to “loud” or “loudly” and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 20.100.—Cāṇḍūpaṇḍita explains it as “solluṇṭham” (“mockingly”). Narahari says “sābhiprāyam”. Cāṇḍū’s explanation is supported by instances like [...] Upamitibhavaprapañcā-kathā, p. 644; p. 720.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sotprāsa (सोत्प्रास).—a.

1) Excessive.

2) Exaggerated.

3) Ironical, sarcastic.

-saḥ Violent laughter.

-saḥ, -sam Ironical exaggeration, sarcasm, irony;

-sam ind. Mockingly; cf. व्याजस्तुति (vyājastuti).

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

Sotprāsa (सोत्प्रास).—mfn.

(-saḥ-sā-saṃ) 1. Excessive, much, violent. 2. Exaggerated. 3. Ironical. m.

(-saḥ) A horselaugh. mn.

(-saḥ-saṃ) Irony, saIcasm, sneering praise and covert censure. E. sa with, utprāsa excess or effort; ud + pra as-ghañ . it is also read sotprāśa .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sotprāsa (सोत्प्रास).—I. adj. violent. Ii. m. a horse-laugh. Iii. m. and n. irony.

Sotprāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and utprāsa (उत्प्रास).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sotprāsa (सोत्प्रास).—[adjective] ironical, sarcastic; [neuter] [adverb]

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

1) Sotprāsa (सोत्प्रास):—mfn. exaggerated, ironical, derisive, scornful (am ind. scornfully), [Ratnāvalī; Kādambarī]

2) m. n. ironical exaggeration, sarcasm, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sotprāsa (सोत्प्रास):—[so+tprāsa] (saḥ) 1. m. Irony, sneering. a. Excessive, violent.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sotprasa in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sōtprāsa (ಸೋತ್ಪ್ರಾಸ):—

1) [adjective] having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated; hyperbolic.

2) [adjective] ridiculing; derisive; scornful.

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Sōtprāsa (ಸೋತ್ಪ್ರಾಸ):—

1) [noun] a deriding or being derided; contempt or ridicule; derision.

2) [noun] a loud and hoarse laughter.

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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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Partial matches: Utprasa, Ca, Sha.

Starts with: Sotprasahasin, Sotprasahasita, Sotprasam.

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Full-text: Sotprasam, Sotprasahasita, Sotprasahasin, Utprasa, Hasa.

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