Candasimha, °ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹: 6 definitions
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Candasimha 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chandasimha.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathÄsaritsÄgara1) °ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹ (चणà¥à¤¡à¤¸à¤¿à¤‚ह) is the name of an ancient king from TÄmraliptÄ«, as mentioned in the seventh story of the VetÄlapañcaviṃśati in the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 81. Accordingly, â€�... there is a city on the shore of the eastern sea (±èÅ«°ù±¹Äå³¾²ú³Ü»å³ó¾±), named TÄmraliptÄ«. In that city there was a king of the name of °ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹; he turned away his face from the wives of others, but not from battle-fields; he carried oft the fortune of his foes, but not the wealth of his neighboursâ€�.
2) °ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹ (चणà¥à¤¡à¤¸à¤¿à¤‚ह) is the name of a chief (³¾²¹³óÄå³¾²¹²Ô³Üá¹£y²¹), according to the twenty-fourth story of the VetÄlapañcaviṃśati in the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 98. Accordingly, â€�... in the meanwhile a chief, who lived near, came to that forest on horseback, with his son, to hunt. He was named °ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹, and when he saw their footsteps imprinted in the dust, he said to his son SiṃhaparÄkrama: ‘We will follow up these lovely and auspicious tracks, and if we find the ladies to whom they belong, you shall choose whichever you please of them’â€�.
3) °ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹ (चणà¥à¤¡à¤¸à¤¿à¤‚ह) is the son of VidyÄdhara king Siṃha and DhanavatÄ«, according to the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 106. Accordingly, as DhanavatÄ« said to prince NaravÄhanadatta: â€�... prince, I am DhanavatÄ«, the wife of a chief of the VidyÄdharas, named Siṃha, and this is my unmarried daughter, the sister of °ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹, and her name is AjinÄvatÄ«. You [NaravÄhanadatta] were announced as her future husband by a voice that came from heavenâ€�.
The KathÄsaritsÄgara (‘ocean of streams of storyâ€�), mentioning °ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹, 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€�.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of TÄjika Astrology°ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹ (चणà¥à¤¡à¤¸à¤¿à¤‚ह) was the royal minister of Samarasiṃha’s his family lineage, according to the twentieth chapter of the °²¹°ù³¾²¹±è°ù²¹°ìÄåÅ›²¹â€”one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (TÄjika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Samarasiṃha’s account of his family lineage—from the royal minister °ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹ through Åšobhanadeva and SÄmanta to KumÄrasiṃha—is remarkable chiefly for omitting both his own name (at least in full) and his date. Samarasiṃha is dated by Pingree to any time between 1060 and 1365, an estimate based on his great-great-grandfather serving a king of the Caulukya dynasty. This argument clearly rests on the reading ³¦²¹³Ü±ô³Ü°ì²â²¹°ìá¹£i³Ù¾±±èÄå±ô²¹ at °²¹°ù³¾²¹±è°ù²¹°ìÄåÅ›²¹ 20.10, which is almost certainly correct, although the printed editions and two of three manuscripts give the variant reading ³Ù°ù²¹¾±±ô´Ç°ì²â²¹°ìá¹£i³Ù¾±±èÄå±ô²¹ ‘king of the three worlds’—tritely grandiose but worthless from the point of view of historical information [...]

Jyotisha (जà¥à¤¯à¥‹à¤¤à¤¿à¤�, Âá²â´Ç³Ù¾±á¹£a or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomyâ€� or “Vedic astrologyâ€� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary°ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹ (चणà¥à¤¡à¤¸à¤¿à¤‚ह).—[masculine] [Name] of a king.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary°ä²¹á¹‡á¸²¹²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹ (चणà¥à¤¡à¤¸à¤¿à¤‚ह):—[=³¦²¹á¹‡á¸²¹-²õ¾±á¹ƒh²¹] [from caṇá¸a > caṇá¸] m. Name of a prince, [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: Simha, Canda.
Starts with: Candasimha pragvatavamsha.
Full-text: Candasimha pragvatavamsha, Candikacarita, Candapala, Pithada, Rudhira, Nirjhara, Rudhiranirjhara, Sravadrudhira, Pragvata, Simha, Simhaparakrama, Ajinavati, Kancanadamshtra, Samanta, Kumarasimha, Shobhanadeva, Dhanavati, Sattvashila.
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