Makaradamshtra, 惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻 can be transliterated into English as Makaradamstra or Makaradamshtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻 (啶啶班う啶傕し啷嵿啷嵿ぐ啶�) is the mother of R奴pi峁噄k膩: a courtesan from the city named Mathur膩 (birth-place of K峁涐梗峁嘺), according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 12. Her name can also be speleld as Makaradan峁ａ弓r膩. Their story is told by Vasantaka, who was disguised as a deformed Br膩hman, to princess V膩savadatt膩. Vasantaka, together with Yaugandhar膩ya峁嘺, was on a secret mission to rescue the captured king Udayana.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻, 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�.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻 (啶啶班う啶傕し啷嵿啷嵿ぐ啶�).鈥擜 prostitute of Mathur膩, the birth place of 艢r墨 K峁涐梗峁嘺. The story of this woman who had made prostitution and cheating her aim in life was told to V膩savadatt膩 wife of Udayana by Vasantaka. The curbing of the arrogance of 惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻 by a poor brahmin of name Lohaja峁単ha with the help of Vibh墨峁峁嘺, emperor of the demons, is the theme of the story.
惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻 had a daughter named R奴pi峁噄k膩. The mother tried to make the daughter also a prostitute. Once R奴pi峁噄k膩 went to a far-off temple for worship as instructed by her mother. There she met a poor brahmin named Lohaja峁単ha and R奴pi峁噄k膩 was attracted to him by his handsome features. She sent word through her maid requesting Lohaja峁単ha to come to her house. R奴pi峁噄k膩 came back and waited for her lover to come. After some time Lohaja峁単ha came. 惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻 scrutinised the new-comer with suspicion but R奴pi峁噄k膩 took him to her bed-room. Both of them remained there making love. 惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻 finding her daughter going against the principles of a prostitute called her to her side and said: "Dear daughter, why do you keep this poor brahmin? Is this the duty of a prostitute? Love and prostitution never go together. We are like dusk. The twilight of love remains for a few seconds only. So do send away this brahmin who has no money." (See full article at Story of 惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻 from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补办补谤补诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻 (啶啶班う啶傕し啷嵿啷嵿ぐ啶�):鈥擺=尘补办补谤补-诲补峁冡梗峁璻腻] [from makara] f. 鈥楳补办补谤补-迟辞辞迟丑别诲鈥�, Name of a woman, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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: Damshtra, Makara.
Full-text: Lohajangha, Rupinika.
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