Tejahprabha, ձᲹḥp: 4 definitions
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Tejahprabha 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
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraձᲹḥp (तेजःप्रभ) is the name of a Vidyādhara who, after trying to seize a serpent, was flung aside violently during the fire-sacrifice of Sumeru and Sūryaprabha, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 46. The story of ձᲹḥp 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�.
In chapter 48, ձᲹḥp is depicted as a great warrior (ٳ) who fought on Śrutaśarman’s side in the war against Sūryaprabha. Accordingly: �... while Indra was saying this [to sage Nārada], fourteen great warriors came to assist the general Dāmodara: [ձᲹḥp and others]. And those fifteen heroes, joined with Dāmodara, fighting in front of the line, kept off the followers of Sūryaprabha�.
The story of ձᲹḥp 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�.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story�), mentioning ձᲹḥp, 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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryձᲹḥp (तेजःप्रभ):—[=ٱᲹ�-] [from teja� > teja] n. ‘gleaming with lustre�, Name of a mythic missile, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 29, 18.]
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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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Partial matches: Tejah, Prabha.
Full-text: Apakarshana, Agnika.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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