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Hiranyagupta, ±á¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹: 3 definitions

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Hiranyagupta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: KathÄsaritsÄgara

1) ±á¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹ (हिरणà¥à¤¯à¤—à¥à¤ªà¥à¤�) is the name of a merchant, whose story is told in the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 4.

2) ±á¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹ (हिरणà¥à¤¯à¤—à¥à¤ªà¥à¤�) is the name of a son of King Nanda, whose story is told in the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 5.

3) ±á¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹ (हिरणà¥à¤¯à¤—à¥à¤ªà¥à¤�) is the name of a rich merchant from Viyogapura, according to the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 52. Accordingly as AmbikÄ said to JÄ«vadatta in bodily form: â€�... then SudarÅ›ana, seeing that Anaá¹…gaprabhÄ was uncomfortable and unhappy on account of their poverty, said to her: ‘Come and let us borrow something from a rich friend of mine, named ±á¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹, a distinguished merchant’â€�.

The story of ±á¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹ was told by Gomukha in order to demonstrate that “divine beings fall by virtue of a curse, and, owing to the consequences of their own wickedness, are incarnate in the world of men, and after reaping the fruit appropriate to their bad conduct they again go to their own home on account of previously acquired meritâ€�.

4) ±á¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹ (हिरणà¥à¤¯à¤—à¥à¤ªà¥à¤�) is the name of a merchant (±¹²¹á¹‡iÂá), according to the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 57. Accordingly, as Vasundhara said to Ratnadatta: â€�... I obtained from the door of the king’s palace a bracelet with splendid jewels, and I picked out one jewel and sold it. And I sold it for a lakh of dinars to a merchant named ±á¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹; this is how I come to be living in comfort at present...â€�.

The KathÄsaritsÄgara (‘ocean of streams of storyâ€�), mentioning ±á¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince NaravÄhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the ±¹¾±»å²âÄå»å³ó²¹°ù²¹²õ (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of GuṇÄá¸hya’s Bá¹›hatkathÄ consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (कावà¥à¤�, 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 ‘epic poetryâ€� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetryâ€�.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

±á¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹ (हिरणà¥à¤¯à¤—à¥à¤ªà¥à¤�):—[=³ó¾±°ù²¹á¹‡y²¹-²µ³Ü±è³Ù²¹] [from hiraṇya > hiraṇa] m. Name of various men, [KathÄsaritsÄgara]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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