Mandavisarpini, 惭补苍诲补惫颈蝉补谤辫颈峁嚹�: 3 definitions
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Mandavisarpini 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia惭补苍诲补惫颈蝉补谤辫颈峁嚹� (啶え啷嵿う啶掂た啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶苦ぃ啷�).鈥擜 louse, a character in a story of Pa帽catantra. (For details see under Pa帽catantra).
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara惭补苍诲补惫颈蝉补谤辫颈峁嚹� (啶え啷嵿う啶掂た啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶苦ぃ啷�) is the name of a louse (测奴办补), according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 59. Accordingly, 鈥�... in the bed of a certain king there long lived undiscovered a louse, that had crept in from somewhere or other, by name 惭补苍诲补惫颈蝉补谤辫颈峁嚹�. And suddenly a flea, named 峁琲峁弓ibha, entered that bed, wafted there by the wind from some place or other鈥�.
The story of 惭补苍诲补惫颈蝉补谤辫颈峁嚹� was narrated by Damanaka to Pi峁単alaka in order to demonstrate that 鈥渋f a wicked person is wise enough not to do an injury himself, it will happen by association with him鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 惭补苍诲补惫颈蝉补谤辫颈峁嚹�, 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�.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补苍诲补惫颈蝉补谤辫颈峁嚹� (啶え啷嵿う啶掂た啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶苦ぃ啷�):鈥擺=尘补苍诲补-惫颈蝉补谤辫颈峁嚹�] [from manda-visarpin > manda > mad] f. Name of a louse, [Pa帽catantra]
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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