WHAT ARE THE KEY ALANKARAS?

The following are the key Alankaras (अलङ्कार:):-
अतिशयोक्ति:
अनुप्रास​:
अर्थान्तरन्यास​:
उपमा अलङ्कार:
उत्प्रेक्षा
दृष्टान्त​:
रूपकम्
व्यतिरेकालङ्कार​:
श्लेष​:
स्मरणालङ्कार​:
जय जय श्रीराधे   

WHICH ARE THE TEN GRANTHAS ON ALANKARA (RHETORICS) ?

The following are the ten key granthas (works) on Alankara (Rhetorics) :-

1. Alankarakaustubha (Kavikarnapuraka)
2. Alankarasarvasva (Bhamaha)
3. Candraloka (Jayadeva)
4. Dasarupaka (Dhananjaya)
5. Kavyadarsa (Dandi)
6. Kavyalankarasutravrtti  (Vamana)
7. Kavyaprakasa (Mammata)
8. Kuvalayananda (Appaya Diksita)
9. Sahityadarpana (Visvanatha)
10. Sarasvatikanthabharana (Bhojadeva)

जय जय श्रीराधे 

WHETHER WOMEN CAN DECORATE THEMSELVES DURING UPAVASA DAYS?

Women are free to neatly  decorate themselves with flowers, sandal and new dress  on upavAsa days also.

pushpAlankAra vastrANi tathA dhUpAnulepanam !

upavAse na dushyanti  dantadhAvanamanjanam !!

--- Manu