Shakatala, 艢补办补峁乴补: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 艢补办补峁乴补 can be transliterated into English as Sakatala or Shakatala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara艢补办补峁乴补 (啶多啶熰ぞ啶�) is the name of a minister of King Nanda, whose story is told in the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 4.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 艢补办补峁乴补, 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.
: OpenEdition books: 痴颈惫颈诲丑补迟墨谤迟丑补办补濒辫补岣� (K膩vya)艢补办补峁乴补 (啶多啶熰ぞ啶�) is the minister of the ninth Nanda, as mentioned in the 痴颈惫颈诲丑补迟墨谤迟丑补办补濒辫补 by Jinaprabhas奴ri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (迟墨谤迟丑补蝉).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥溑毑拱觳贯弓膩l补 is jealous of the largesse that the ninth Nanda gives to the poet Vararuci. He therefore told the king that his compositions were not original and that he could produce young girls capable of reciting them. His own daughters with wonderful gifts, hidden behind a curtain, are then able to rehearse Vararuci's brand new composition. The king believes himself to be deceived and no longer pays the poet鈥�.
Cf. 膧va艣yakac奴r峁噄 II 183.8-184.3; 膧vasyakaniryukti (Haribhadra commentary) b.3-a.4; Leumann 1934 p. 24; Pari艣.VIII. v. 11-29: Jacobi analysis1932 p. LXVII-LXVIII.
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艢补办补峁乴补 (啶多啶熰ぞ啶�).鈥擜n intelligent minister. (For details see under Vararuci).
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: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢补办补峁乴补 (啶多啶熰ぞ啶�).鈥攎.
(-濒补岣�) The minister of Nanda: also read Sakatara.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢补办补峁乴补 (啶多啶熰ぞ啶�):鈥擺from 艣补办补峁璦] m. Name of a minister of king Nanda (in revenge for ill-treatment he conspired with the Br膩hman C膩峁嘺kya to effect his master鈥檚 death), [Har峁carita; Kath膩sarits膩gara]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢补办补峁乴补 (啶多啶熰ぞ啶�):鈥�(濒补岣�) 1. m. The minister of Nanda.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)艢补办补峁乴补 (啶多啶熰ぞ啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 厂补驳补岣嵞乴补.
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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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Full-text: Shakatara, Sagadala, Shriyaka, Sthulabhadra.
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