विशेषोक्ति

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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’ [Mṛcch. ii, 6/7]), [Vām. iv, 3, 23] ( cf. [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