विशेषोक्ति

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   viśēṣōkti f S A figure of rhetoric,-- coupling cause with effect so as to explain any particular manner or condition.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  स्त्री.  अर्थालंकार . कारणसमुच्चय असून कार्योत्पत्ति होत नाहीं त्या ठिकाणीं हा अलंकार असतो .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि-शे°षोक्ति  f.  f. ‘ mention of difference’, N. of a figure of speech (in which the excellence of a thing is implied by comparing it to some highly prized object, yet mentioning the difference e.g. द्यूतंनाम पुरुषस्या- सिंहा-सनं राज्यम्, ‘ truly gambling is a man's throneless kingdom’ ii, 6/7"> [Mṛcch. ii, 6/7]), iv, 3, 23"> [Vām. iv, 3, 23] ( cf. ii, 323 &c."> [Kāvyâd. ii, 323 &c.])

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वि शे°षोक्ति

    enumeration of merits, panegyric, [W.]

Shabda-Sagara

विशेषोक्ति  f.  ( -क्तिः)
   1. A figure of rhetoric, coupling cause with effect, so as to explain any peculiar manner or condition.
   2. panegyric, recapitulation of merits.
    E. विशेष sort, kind, and उक्ति saying.

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विशेष उक्ति