Category: LiteraturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Advanced
অলঙ্কার
/olonkar/Roman
English meaning: Literary Device / Rhetorical Figure
Definition
Figures of speech and stylistic devices used to create artistic effects in literature and poetry. Bengali poetics (Alankara-shastra) classifies devices like Upama (simile), Rupaka (metaphor), and Anupras (alliteration), drawing from Sanskrit rhetorical traditions.
Example
“কবিতায় অলঙ্কার ব্যবহার কবিতাকে সুন্দর করে তোলে।”
In English: “The use of literary devices makes poetry beautiful.”
Literary Heritage
“সাহিত্য হলো মানুষের মনের দর্পণ।”
/Sahitya holo manusher maner darpan./
“Literature is the mirror of the human mind.”
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