alaMkAraH 1 Decoration, act of decorating or ornamenting. 2 An ornament ( fig. also); alaMkAraH svargasya ( pb ) V. 1 ; anutsekaH Kalu vikramAlaMkAraH ibid. 3 A figure of speech of which there are three kinds: — Sabda°, arTa° , and SabdArTa° ; SabdArTayorasTirA ye DarmAH SoBAtiSAyinaH . rasAdInupakurvaMto'laMkArAsteM' gadAdivat .. S. D. 631 ; upakurvaMti laM saMtaMyeM'gadvAreRa jAtu cit . hArAdivadalaMkArAstenuprAsopamAdayaH K. P. 8. 4 The whole science of Rhetoric. Comp. — caMdrikA a commentary on Kuvalayānanda. — SAstraM the science and art of rhetoric, poetics. — suvarRaM gold used for ornaments. — sUraH N. of a kind of meditation in Buddhism. — hIna a. unadorned.