"अलंकार" meaning in Sanskrit

See अलंकार in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɐ.lɐŋ.kɑː.ɾɐ/ [Vedic], /ɐ.l̪ɐŋˈkɑː.ɾɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From the root अलंकृ (alaṃkṛ), equal to अलम् (alam) + कार (kāra). Etymology templates: {{root|sa|inc-pro|*kar-}}, {{root|sa|iir-pro|*kar-}}, {{root|sa|ine-pro|*kʷer-}}, {{root|sa|sa|कृ}}, {{root|sa|sa|अलंकृ}}, {{sa-root|अलंकृ}} From the root अलंकृ (alaṃkṛ), {{af|sa|अलम्|कार}} अलम् (alam) + कार (kāra) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m}} अलंकार • (alaṃkāra) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m}} Forms: alaṃkāra [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], अलंकारः [nominative, singular], अलंकारौ [dual, nominative], अलंकारा1 [dual, nominative], अलंकाराः [nominative, plural], अलंकारासः1 [nominative, plural], अलंकार [singular, vocative], अलंकारौ [dual, vocative], अलंकारा1 [dual, vocative], अलंकाराः [plural, vocative], अलंकारासः1 [plural, vocative], अलंकारम् [accusative, singular], अलंकारौ [accusative, dual], अलंकारा1 [accusative, dual], अलंकारान् [accusative, plural], अलंकारेण [instrumental, singular], अलंकाराभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], अलंकारैः [instrumental, plural], अलंकारेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], अलंकाराय [dative, singular], अलंकाराभ्याम् [dative, dual], अलंकारेभ्यः [dative, plural], अलंकारात् [ablative, singular], अलंकाराभ्याम् [ablative, dual], अलंकारेभ्यः [ablative, plural], अलंकारस्य [genitive, singular], अलंकारयोः [dual, genitive], अलंकाराणाम् [genitive, plural], अलंकारे [locative, singular], अलंकारयोः [dual, locative], अलंकारेषु [locative, plural]
  1. the act of decorating
    Sense id: en-अलंकार-sa-noun-R3kb486I Categories (other): Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अलंकृ, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अलंकृ: 28 33 39 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ: 28 33 39
  2. ornament, decoration
    Sense id: en-अलंकार-sa-noun-3Luganks Categories (other): Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अलंकृ, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अलंकृ: 28 33 39 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ: 28 33 39
  3. (rhetoric) an ornament of the sense or the sound, of which there are 2 types - śabdālaṃkāra(sound) and arthālaṃkāra (sense) Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-अलंकार-sa-noun-Y33Ovz9b Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अलंकृ, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 8 11 12 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 9 12 13 42 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 10 29 61 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अलंकृ: 28 33 39 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ: 28 33 39 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 9 23 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: अलङ्कार (alaṅkāra) Derived forms: अर्थालंकार (arthālaṃkāra), आलंकारिक (ālaṃkārika), शब्दालंकार (śabdālaṃkāra)

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "arthālaṃkāra",
      "word": "अर्थालंकार"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ālaṃkārika",
      "word": "आलंकारिक"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "śabdālaṃkāra",
      "word": "शब्दालंकार"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
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          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: अलंकार (alaṅkār)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "النکار",
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          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: النکار (alaṅkār)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: النکار (alaṅkār)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kaw",
            "2": "alaṅkara",
            "3": "alĕṅkara",
            "4": "laṅkara",
            "5": "lĕṅkara",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Javanese: alaṅkara, alĕṅkara, laṅkara, lĕṅkara\nJavanese: ꦊꦁꦏꦫ (lengkara, “impossible, improbable”)\n→ Balinese: ᬍᬗ᭄ᬓᬭ (lengkara, “sentence”)",
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        }
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: അലങ്കാരം (alaṅkāraṁ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: അലങ്കാരം (alaṅkāraṁ)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "அலங்காரம்",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: அலங்காரம் (alaṅkāram)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Tamil: அலங்காரம் (alaṅkāram)"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "अलंकार",
      "roman": "alaṃkāra",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "अलंकारम्",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारौ",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dual"
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    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारान्",
      "roman": "alaṃkārān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारेण",
      "roman": "alaṃkāreṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "alaṃkārābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारैः",
      "roman": "alaṃkāraiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारेभिः1",
      "roman": "alaṃkārebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराय",
      "roman": "alaṃkārāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "alaṃkārābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
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    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारेभ्यः",
      "roman": "alaṃkārebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "अलंकारात्",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराभ्याम्",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "अलंकारेभ्यः",
      "roman": "alaṃkārebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारस्य",
      "roman": "alaṃkārasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारयोः",
      "roman": "alaṃkārayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराणाम्",
      "roman": "alaṃkārāṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारे",
      "roman": "alaṃkāre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारयोः",
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        "dual",
        "locative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारेषु",
      "roman": "alaṃkāreṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Sanskrit",
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      "ipa": "/ɐ.lɐŋ.kɑː.ɾɐ/",
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}
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      "roman": "ālaṃkārika",
      "word": "आलंकारिक"
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          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "अलंकार"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: अलंकार (alaṅkār)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: अलंकार (alaṅkār)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "النکار",
            "tr": "alaṅkār"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: النکار (alaṅkār)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: النکار (alaṅkār)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kaw",
            "2": "alaṅkara",
            "3": "alĕṅkara",
            "4": "laṅkara",
            "5": "lĕṅkara",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Javanese: alaṅkara, alĕṅkara, laṅkara, lĕṅkara\nJavanese: ꦊꦁꦏꦫ (lengkara, “impossible, improbable”)\n→ Balinese: ᬍᬗ᭄ᬓᬭ (lengkara, “sentence”)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Javanese: alaṅkara, alĕṅkara, laṅkara, lĕṅkara\nJavanese: ꦊꦁꦏꦫ (lengkara, “impossible, improbable”)\n→ Balinese: ᬍᬗ᭄ᬓᬭ (lengkara, “sentence”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "അലങ്കാരം",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: അലങ്കാരം (alaṅkāraṁ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: അലങ്കാരം (alaṅkāraṁ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "அலங்காரம்",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: அலங்காரம் (alaṅkāram)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: அலங்காரம் (alaṅkāram)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*kar-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kar-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷer-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "कृ"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "अलंकृ"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "अलंकृ"
      },
      "expansion": "From the root अलंकृ (alaṃkṛ)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अलम्",
        "3": "कार"
      },
      "expansion": "अलम् (alam) + कार (kāra)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root अलंकृ (alaṃkṛ), equal to अलम् (alam) + कार (kāra).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alaṃkāra",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारः",
      "roman": "alaṃkāraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारौ",
      "roman": "alaṃkārau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारा1",
      "roman": "alaṃkārā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराः",
      "roman": "alaṃkārāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारासः1",
      "roman": "alaṃkārāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकार",
      "roman": "alaṃkāra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारौ",
      "roman": "alaṃkārau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारा1",
      "roman": "alaṃkārā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराः",
      "roman": "alaṃkārāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारासः1",
      "roman": "alaṃkārāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारम्",
      "roman": "alaṃkāram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारौ",
      "roman": "alaṃkārau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारा1",
      "roman": "alaṃkārā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारान्",
      "roman": "alaṃkārān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारेण",
      "roman": "alaṃkāreṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "alaṃkārābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारैः",
      "roman": "alaṃkāraiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारेभिः1",
      "roman": "alaṃkārebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराय",
      "roman": "alaṃkārāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "alaṃkārābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारेभ्यः",
      "roman": "alaṃkārebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारात्",
      "roman": "alaṃkārāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "alaṃkārābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारेभ्यः",
      "roman": "alaṃkārebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारस्य",
      "roman": "alaṃkārasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारयोः",
      "roman": "alaṃkārayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकाराणाम्",
      "roman": "alaṃkārāṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारे",
      "roman": "alaṃkāre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारयोः",
      "roman": "alaṃkārayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अलंकारेषु",
      "roman": "alaṃkāreṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "अलंकार • (alaṃkāra) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the act of decorating"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decorating",
          "decorating"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ornament, decoration"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament"
        ],
        [
          "decoration",
          "decoration"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sa:Rhetoric"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an ornament of the sense or the sound, of which there are 2 types - śabdālaṃkāra(sound) and arthālaṃkāra (sense)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetoric",
          "rhetoric"
        ],
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament"
        ],
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "śabdālaṃkāra",
          "शब्दालंकार"
        ],
        [
          "arthālaṃkāra",
          "अर्थालंकार"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rhetoric) an ornament of the sense or the sound, of which there are 2 types - śabdālaṃkāra(sound) and arthālaṃkāra (sense)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rhetoric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.lɐŋ.kɑː.ɾɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.l̪ɐŋˈkɑː.ɾɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "alaṅkāra",
      "word": "अलङ्कार"
    }
  ],
  "word": "अलंकार"
}

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