kumudavati, °ì³Ü³¾³Ü»åÄå±¹²¹³ÙÄ«: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathÄsaritsÄgaraKumudÄvatÄ« (कà¥à¤®à¥à¤¦à¤¾à¤µà¤¤à¥€) is the daughter of the Asura prince DurÄroha, and was given to SÅ«ryaprabha in marriage according to the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 45. Accordingly, â€�... on the next day DurÄroha, Prince of the Asuras, invited and conducted them all to his own underworld, the fifth. There, by way of hospitality, he gave to SÅ«ryaprabha his own daughter KumadÄvatÄ«, as the others had done, in the prescribed manner. There SÅ«ryaprabha spent the day in enjoyment with all these united. And at night he entered the apartment of KumudÄvatÄ«. There he spent that night in the society of that lovely and loving woman, the beauty of the three worldsâ€�.
The story of KumadÄvatÄ« and DurÄroha was narrated by the VidyÄdhara king Vajraprabha to prince NaravÄhanadatta in order to relate how “SÅ«ryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the VidyÄdharasâ€�.
The KathÄsaritsÄgara (‘ocean of streams of storyâ€�), mentioning KumadÄvatÄ«, 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.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary°³Ü³¾³Ü»å²¹±¹²¹³ÙÄ« (कà¥à¤®à¥à¤¦à¤µà¤¤à¥€).—f. (-³ÙÄ«) A place abounding in water lilies, &c. see °ì³Ü³¾³Ü»å±¹²¹³ÙÄ«.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary°³Ü³¾³Ü»å²¹±¹²¹³ÙÄ« (कà¥à¤®à¥à¤¦à¤µà¤¤à¥€):—[=°ì³Ü-³¾³Ü»å²¹-±¹²¹³ÙÄ«] [from ku-muda > ku-mud] f. an assemblage of Kumudas, place abounding in them, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halÄyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary°³Ü³¾³Ü»å²¹±¹²¹³ÙÄ« (कà¥à¤®à¥à¤¦à¤µà¤¤à¥€):—[°ì³Ü³¾³Ü»å²¹-±¹²¹³ÙÄ«] (³ÙÄ«) 3. f. A place abounding in water-lilies.
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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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Partial matches: Kumuda, Vati.
Full-text: Kumudavantu.
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Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
22. The previous births of Sanjayanta and Vidyutdamstra < [Chapter 4 - Intervening Stories]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XLV < [Book VIII - Sūryaprabha]