UPMSP Intermediate Marathi flashcards
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- Nibandh
- Marathi term for a formal essay; structured in introduction, body, and conclusion, and classified as reflective, descriptive, narrative, or autobiographical according to the topic's wording.
- Charitra-rekha
- A prose character sketch describing a person's traits and conduct; in exams each stated trait must be supported by a named incident from the prescribed lesson.
- Lalit gadya
- Light, elegant Marathi prose valued for beauty of expression rather than argument; personal reflection and descriptive pieces commonly fall in this genre.
- Atmacaritra
- Autobiography, a first-person prose account of the author's own life; exam items test the narrator's experiences and the purpose behind writing them.
- Bhasha-shailee
- Style of language in a prose lesson, labelled descriptive, reflective, narrative, or humorous according to the dominant sentence type and tone.
- Ovi
- A Marathi metre of four charans used in narrative and devotional verse; Sant Dnyaneshwar composed the Dnyaneshwari in ovi.
- Abhanga
- A devotional Marathi verse form associated with the Varkari tradition and Sant Tukaram; its name means unbroken, referring to unbroken devotion.
- Upama alankar
- Simile, a figure of speech comparing two things using words such as saarkha or sarakh; both objects remain distinct in the comparison.
- Rupak alankar
- Metaphor, a figure of speech that identifies one thing with another without a comparator such as saarkha, so the two are treated as one.
- Anuprasa alankar
- Alliteration, the repetition of the same consonant sound across nearby words in a line, producing rhythmic effect in Marathi poetry.
- Rasa
- The aesthetic sentiment evoked by a poem, named from its dominant emotion, for example shringar for love and karuna for compassion.
- Kavi-parichay
- Biographical note on a poet covering period, tradition, and notable works; exam items test accurate dates and titles rather than vague praise.
- Sant Tukaram
- Seventeenth-century Varkari poet of Maharashtra, composer of abhangas on devotion to Vitthal; his verse uses simple, direct Marathi.
- Sant Dnyaneshwar
- Thirteenth-century Marathi saint-poet who wrote the Dnyaneshwari, a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, in the ovi metre.
- Keshavsut
- Nineteenth-century Marathi poet credited with introducing modern sensibility and new themes into Marathi poetry, moving away from classical convention.
- Moropant
- Eighteenth-century Pandit poet of Marathi literature known for Sanskrit-influenced, courtly verse including works on the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
- Svar-sandhi
- Vowel junction at a word boundary; for example a plus i becomes e, and a plus u becomes o in standard Marathi formations.
- Vyanjan-sandhi
- Consonant junction at a word boundary; the first consonant often becomes its voiced counterpart, as in tat plus janya giving tajjanya.
- Tatpurush samasa
- A compound in which the second element is dominant and the first qualifies it; splitting the compound reveals the case relation between the parts.
- Dvandva samasa
- A compound joining two equally important elements, usually expandable with ani meaning and; neither element governs the other.
- Bahuvrihi samasa
- A compound that names a possessor rather than the elements themselves; for example one meaning having a fair complexion refers to a person.
- Karmani vachya
- Passive voice in Marathi; the object becomes the subject and the verb agrees with it, typically taking the -ne or -le form.
- Samanarthi shabda
- Synonyms, words with closely similar meaning; exam items ask the candidate to supply an equivalent word without changing grammatical form.
- Virudharthi shabda
- Antonyms, words with opposite meaning; the answer must match the given word's part of speech and register.
- Patra-lekhan
- Letter writing; a formal Marathi letter includes sender's address, date, receiver's designation, subject line, salutation, body, and signature.
- Saransh-lekhan
- Summary writing; the answer preserves the central argument of the original and cuts length to roughly one-third without adding new material.
- Zadnik
- A short public notice stating what, when, where, and whom to contact; it carries no salutation or conclusion and stays under fifty words.
- Vakya-shuddhi
- Sentence correction; the candidate fixes errors of agreement, tense, or case marking while keeping the original meaning intact.
- Apathita gadyansh
- An unseen prose passage; answers must be drawn from the passage itself, and titles chosen must cover the whole passage rather than one detail.
- Arth-sandarbh
- Contextual meaning; the word's sense as used in the given passage, which may differ from its first dictionary meaning.
- Apathita padyansh
- An unseen poetry passage; answers describe sentiment and imagery, and alankar identification relies on internal textual signals.
- Prasang-sandarbh
- Context question asking who is speaking, to whom, and in what situation; all three parts must be answered for full credit.
- Samiksha
- Literary criticism; a full answer evaluates a work on three axes, namely subject matter, expression, and craftsmanship, supported by textual evidence.