Vajrakuta, 痴补箩谤补办奴峁璦, Vajra-kuta: 5 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index痴补箩谤补办奴峁璦 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶曕啶�).鈥擜 boundary hill in Plak峁dv墨pa.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 V. 20. 4.
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痴补箩谤补办奴峁璦 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶曕啶�) is the name of a Vidy膩dhara city, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 44. Accordingly, as Vajraprabha said to Narav膩hanadatta: 鈥渢here is a city in this earth on the ridge of Himavat, called 痴补箩谤补办奴峁璦, and rightly so called, as being all made of diamond. There I dwelt, as a king of the Vidy膩dharas named Vajraprabha, and my name too was rightly given me, because my body is framed of diamond鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 痴补箩谤补办奴峁璦, 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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary痴补箩谤补办奴峁璦 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶曕啶�).鈥攁 mountain consisting of diamonds; 啶� 啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶曕啶熰ぞ啶權啶椸え啶苦お啶距い啶掂啶椸さ啶苦ざ啷�啶班啶｀啷佮啷嵿し啶苦 啶膏啶むえ啶え啷嵿え啷佮う啶ㄠ啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ (sa vajrak奴峁佱箙ganip膩tavegavi艣墨r峁嘺kuk峁岣� stanayannudanv膩n) Bh膩gavata 3.13.29.
Derivable forms: 惫补箩谤补办奴峁璦岣� (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶曕啶熰).
痴补箩谤补办奴峁璦 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and 办奴峁璦 (啶曕啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴补箩谤补办奴峁璦 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶曕啶�):鈥擺=vajra-办奴峁璦] [from vajra > vaj] m. 鈥榙iamond-peak鈥�, a mountain consisting of diamonds, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a mountain, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] of a mythical town on the Him膩laya, [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: Vajra, Kitta.
Full-text: Amritatejas, Vajraprabha.
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