Vishaparvan, ³Õ¾±á¹£a±è²¹°ù±¹²¹²Ô: 3 definitions
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Vishaparvan 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.
The Sanskrit term ³Õ¾±á¹£a±è²¹°ù±¹²¹²Ô can be transliterated into English as Visaparvan or Vishaparvan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathÄsaritsÄgara³Õ¾±á¹£a±è²¹°ù±¹²¹²Ô (विषपरà¥à¤µà¤¨à¥�) is the name of a Daitya who was reborn as BhÄsa: minister of SÅ«ryaprabha, according to the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 45. Accordingly, as KaÅ›yapa said to Maya, SunÄ«tha and SÅ«ryaprabha: â€�... and the other Asuras, who were your companions, have been born as his friends; for instance,... this BhÄsa, his minister, is an incarnation of a Daitya by name ³Õ¾±á¹£a±è²¹°ù±¹²¹²Ôâ€�.
The story of ³Õ¾±á¹£a±è²¹°ù±¹²¹²Ô was narrated by the VidyÄdhara king Vajraprabha to prince NaravÄhanadatta in order to relate how “SÅ«ryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the VidyÄdharasâ€�.
The KathÄsaritsÄgara (‘ocean of streams of storyâ€�), mentioning ³Õ¾±á¹£a±è²¹°ù±¹²¹²Ô, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince NaravÄhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the ±¹¾±»å²âÄå»å³ó²¹°ù²¹²õ (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of GuṇÄá¸hya’s Bá¹›hatkathÄ consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

Kavya (कावà¥à¤�, 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 poetryâ€� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetryâ€�.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary³Õ¾±á¹£a±è²¹°ù±¹²¹²Ô (विषपरà¥à¤µà¤¨à¥�):—[=±¹¾±á¹£a-±è²¹°ù±¹²¹²Ô] [from viá¹£a > viá¹�] m. Name of a Daitya, [KathÄsaritsÄgara]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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: Visha, Parvan.
Full-text: Bhasha.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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