Mahabhata, Ѳṭa, Maha-bhata: 6 definitions
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Ѳṭa (महाभ�) was a soldier in Sunītha and Sūryaprabha’s army whose strength is considered as equaling a double-power warrior (屹ṇaٳ), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 47. Accordingly, as the Asura Maya explained the arrangement of warriors in Sunītha’s army: �... [Ѳṭa, and others], these are all warriors of double power�.
The story of Ѳṭa was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas�.
2) Ѳṭa (महाभ�) is one of the five kings that conspired against king Vikramasiṃha from Pratiṣṭhāna, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 58. Accordingly, �... once on a time, when he was in his city [Pratiṣṭhāna], five or six of his [Vikramasiṃha’s] relations combined together, and going to his palace, surrounded him. Their names were Ѳṭa, Virabāhu, Subāhu, Suṭa and Pratāpāditya, all powerful kings. The king’s minister was proceeding to try the effect of conciliation on them, but the king set him aside, and went out to fight with them�.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story�), mentioning Ѳṭa, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

Kavya (काव्�, 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 poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryѲṭa (महाभ�).—a great warrior; तदोजसा दैत्यमहाभटार्पितम् (tadojasā daityabhaṭārpitam) 岵.
Derivable forms: ṭa� (महाभटः).
Ѳṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and ṭa (भट).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲṭa (महाभ�).—m. a great warrior, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 25, 27.
Ѳṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and ṭa (भट).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ѳṭa (महाभ�):—[=-ṭa] [from > mah] m. a gr° warrior, [Inscriptions; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Dānava, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
3) [v.s. ...] of a warrior, [ib.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Full-text: Pratapaditya, Subhata, Subahu, Virabahu.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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