Somaprabha, 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath腻sarits腻gara1) 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ) is the name of an apsaras (heavenly nymph) born to Dharmagupta and Candraprabh腻 in the city P腻峁璦liputra, according to the Kath腻sarits腻gara, chapter 17. Their story was told by Vasantaka to Padm腻vat墨 and queen V腻savadatt腻. Accordingly, 鈥渢hat girl (厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻), the moment she was born, illuminated the chamber with her beauty, spoke distinctly, and got up and sat down... Then that girl, whose name was 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻, gradually grew up with human body, but celestial splendour of beauty鈥�.
2) 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ) is the daughter of the Asura Maya, as mentioned in the Kath腻sarits腻gara, chapter 28. Accordingly, 鈥渙nce on a time the daughter of the Asura Maya, named 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻, as she was journeying through the sky, saw her on the roof of a palace engaged in play. And 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻, while in the sky, beheld her lovely enough to bewilder with her beauty the mind even of a hermit...鈥�.
3) Somaprabha (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶�) is the name of a Gandharva who was transformed into an elephant named 艢vetara艣mi, according to the Kath腻sarits腻gara, chapter 36. Accordingly, 鈥渨e were two Gandharva brothers, living on the Malaya mountain; I was called Somaprabha, and the elder was Devaprabha. And my brother had but one wife, but she was very dear to him. Her name was R腻javat墨鈥�.
4) Somaprabha (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶�) is the son of king Jyoti峁rabha and Har峁vat墨 from Ratn腻kara, according to the Kath腻sarits腻gara, chapter 58. Accordingly, as Pulastya said in his hermitage: 鈥�... there was born to him [king Jyoti峁rabha], by his queen named Har峁vat墨, a son, whose birth was due to the favour of 艢iva propitiated by severe asceticism. Because the queen saw in a dream the moon entering her mouth, the king gave his son the name of Somaprabha. And the prince gradually grew up with ambrosial qualities, furnishing a feast to the eyes of the subjects鈥�.
5) 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ) is one of the five daughters of Vidy腻dhara king Vajrada峁冡梗峁璻a, according to the Kath腻sarits腻gara, chapter 65. Accordingly, 鈥�... one day he [Rajatada峁冡梗峁璻a] saw his eldest sister, by name 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻, playing upon a 辫颈帽箩补谤补. In his childishness he kept begging for the 辫颈帽箩补谤补, saying: 鈥楪ive it me, I too want to play on it鈥欌��.
6) 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ) is the daughter of Harisv腻min: a Br腻hman from Ujjayin墨, as mentioned in the fifth story of the Vet腻lapa帽cavi峁兣沘ti in the Kath腻sarits腻gara, chapter 79. Accordingly, 鈥�... in Ujjayin墨 there lived an excellent Br腻hman, the dear dependent and minister of King Pu峁噛asena, and his name was Harisv腻min. That householder had by his wife, who was his equal in birth, an excellent son like himself, Devasv腻min by name. And he also had born to him a daughter, famed for her matchless beauty, rightly named 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻鈥�.
7) 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ) is the wife of Brahmadatta, an ancient king from V腻r腻峁嘺s墨 (Benares), according to the Kath腻sarits腻gara, chapter 114. Accordingly, as Ka艣yapa said to Narav腻hanadatta: 鈥�... he [king Brahmadatta] had a queen named 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻, who was dear and delightful to him as the moonlight to the cakora, and he was as eager to drink her in with his eyes鈥�.
The Kath腻sarits腻gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav腻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峁嚹遽笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath腻 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�.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra1) Somaprabha (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶�) or Somaya艣as is the name of an ancient king, according to chapter 1.3 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al腻k腻puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] the Master set out to obtain alms and arrived at the city Gajapura, the ornament of a circle of cities. In this city King 艢rey腻峁僺a, the heir of King Somaprabha who was the son of B腻hubali, saw in a dream: 鈥楳eru, entirely dark, was made extremely brilliant by my sprinkling it with pitchers of water鈥�.鈥�
2) Somaprabha (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶�) is the name of an ancient ascetic, according to chapter 5.4 [艣腻ntin腻tha-caritra].鈥擜ccordingly, as Megharatha related:鈥斺�淸...] After Damit腻ri had wandered in the forest of existence, he became the son of the ascetic Somaprabha on the bank of the river Nik峁泃i at the foot of Mount A峁ａ弓腻pada in Bharata in Jamb奴dv墨pa. He practiced foolish penance and became a god, Sur奴pa. This god, intolerant of the praise bestowed on me by the Indra of 莫艣腻na came and made this test of me. [...]鈥�.
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection ISomaprabha (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶�) or 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻c腻rya is the author of the Sind奴raprakara (classified as gnomic literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the 鈥榁incenzo Joppi鈥� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.鈥擲omaprabha-腻c腻rya, the author, was a pupil of Vijayasi峁僪as奴ri from the 产谤蹋丑补诲驳补肠肠丑补, himself a pupil of Ajitadeva. Among his other works are another anthology called 艢峁涐箙g腻ravair腻gyatara峁単i峁嚹�, the famous Prakrit story-book Kum腻rap腻lapratibodha, composed in VS 1241, a Sumatin腻thacaritra in Prakrit and a 艢at腻rthak腻vya. [...]
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySomaprabha (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶�).鈥擺adjective] radiant as the moon; [masculine] & [feminine] 腻 a man鈥檚 & woman鈥檚 name.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumSomaprabha (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攁 Jaina: 艢峁涐箙g腻ravair腻gyatara峁単i峁嚹�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Somaprabha (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶�):鈥擺=soma-prabha] [from soma] mf(腻)n. having the splendour of the moon, [V腻savadatt腻]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of various men, [Kath腻sarits腻gara; Catalogue(s)]
3) 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶膏啶お啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ):鈥擺=soma-prabh腻] [from soma-prabha > soma] f. a Name [ib.; V腻savadatt腻]
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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: Prabha, Soma.
Starts with: Somaprabhacarya.
Full-text (+50): Svayamprabha, Candraprabha, Mayasura, Somayashas, Somaprabhacarya, Nadakubara, Nadakuvara, Kalingasena, Suktimuktavali, Kilika, Priyankara, Guhacandra, Kancanabha, Adityapitha, Bana, Nikriti, Adikritmandala, Bhimavijaya, Muktivijaya, Bhimavijayagani.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XXIX < [Book VI - Madanama帽cuk腻]
Chapter LIX < [Book X - 艢aktiya艣as]
Chapter XXXI < [Book VI - Madanama帽cuk腻]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
2. Genealogy of the Soma Vamsa dynasty < [Chapter 5 - Origin and Genealogy of Various Vamshas]
Kathasaritsagara (cultural study) (by S. W. Chitale)
Description of Mythical Beings in the Kathasaritsagara < [Chapter 5 - Religion and Philosophy]
Mechanical Contrivances in ancient India < [Chapter 3 - Economic Conditions]
Appointment of Ministers < [Chapter 2 - Political conditions]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)