Alankaraprabha, 础濒补峁卥腻谤补辫谤补产丑腻: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara础濒补峁卥腻谤补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶呧げ啶權啶曕ぞ啶班お啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ) is the wife of Hemaprabha: a king from the city K膩帽cana艣峁涐箙ga, situated on the mountain named Himavat, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 35. Accordingly, 鈥渁nd in it [K膩帽cana艣峁涐箙ga] there lives a king of the Vidy膩dharas named Hemaprabha, who is a firm votary of the husband of Um膩. And though he has many wives he has only one queen, whom he loves dearly, named 础濒补峁卥腻谤补辫谤补产丑腻, as dear to him as Rohi峁嚹� to the moon. With her [础濒补峁卥腻谤补辫谤补产丑腻] the virtuous king used to rise up in the morning and bathe, and worship duly 艢iva and his wife Gaur墨, and then he would descend to the world of men, and give to poor Br膩hmans every day a thousand gold pieces mixed with jewels鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 础濒补峁卥腻谤补辫谤补产丑腻, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
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Full-text: Brahmanavara, Shatrunjaya, Dattasharman, Pataliputra, Ratnaprabha, Nagasharman, Vajraprabha, Vikramatunga, Hemaprabha.
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