Glossary
This is not a complete glossary for the terms used in literature, but
a few terms which are used in this website in relation to literature
are given here.
Stotra
Stotra are the praising words, normally used for some Devtaa, such as Shiv
Stotra will be a poem written in praise of Shiv.
Upamaan, Upameya and Upamaa
Upamaan is that object which is compared to something else - and that is always
superior to that something else.
Upameya is that something else to which a thing is compared with, so Upameya is
always inferior to the Upamaan
Upamaa is that quality for which the Upamaan is compared to Upameya.
For example - Seetaa's face is like Moon. In this sentence Seetaa's face is
Upamaan, Moon is Upameya and like is Upamaa.
Vakrokti
This is a compound word - Vakra means "Crooked" and Ukti means poetic
expression or speech. Vakrokti is manifested at
six levels in language, viz. the phonetic level (Varn Vinyaas), the lexical
level (Pad Poorvaarddh), the grammatical level (Pad Paraarddh), the sentential
level (Vaakya), the contextual level (Prakaran) and finally the compositional
level (Prabandh). Vakrokti gives the language a strikingness (Vaichitriya) and
causes aesthetic delight to the reader.
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