Vindhyaketu: 3 definitions
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Vindhyaketu 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: Kath膩sarits膩garaVindhyaketu (啶掂た啶ㄠ啶о啶啷囙い啷�) is the name of a Pulinda king, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 101. Accordingly, as Muni Ka峁噕a said to M峁沢膩峁卥adatta in his hermitage: 鈥�... he [Sundarasena] was set upon with uplifted weapons by some Pulindas, who happened to be on the look-out for human victims to offer to Durg膩, by order of Vindhyaketu, the king of the Pulindas, who lived in that region鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning Vindhyaketu, 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 DictionaryVindhyaketu (啶掂た啶ㄠ啶о啶啷囙い啷�):鈥擺=vindhya-ketu] [from vindhya] m. Name of a king of the Pulindas, [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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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 155 < [Volume 3 (1874)]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CI < [Book XII - 艢a艣膩峁卥avat墨]
Kathasaritsagara (cultural study) (by S. W. Chitale)
Description of Goddesses in the Kathasaritsagara < [Chapter 5 - Religion and Philosophy]
Administration of Justice < [Chapter 2 - Political conditions]
Glories of India (Culture and Civilization) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Ancient Indian Dramas and Plays < [Chapter 7 - Original literatures]