Devadasa, 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补, Deva-dasa: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara1) 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ) is the name of a rich merchant from P膩峁璦liputra, who became addicted to gambling, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 19. His story was told by Yaugandhar膩ya峁嘺 to king Udayana in order to demonstrate that when prosperity is acquired by a king鈥檚 own virtues it remains fixed in his family.
2) 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ) was the husband of the previous incarnation of N膩ga艣r墨: wife of Dharmadatta: king of Ko艣ala, according to a story in the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 27. Accordingly, as N膩ga艣r墨 said to king Dharmadatta: 鈥渋n my former birth I [N膩ga艣r墨] was a well-conducted female slave in this very land, in the house of a certain Br膩hman named M膩dhava. And in that birth I had a husband named 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补, an excellent hired servant in the house of a certain merchant. And so we two dwelled there, having built a house that suited us, living on the cooked rice brought from the houses of our respective masters鈥�.
The story of 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 and N膩ga艣r墨 was narrated to king Kali峁単adatta by his wife T膩r膩datt膩 in order to demonstrate that 鈥渁ctions, good and bad, have a wonderful power, producing the perception of joy and sorrow鈥�.
3) 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ) is the name of a householder, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 58. Accordingly, 鈥�... of old time there lived in a village a householder named 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补, and he had a wife named with good cause Du岣ヅ浤玪膩. And the neighbours knew that she was in love with another man鈥�.
The story of 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 was narrated by Hari艣ikha to Narav膩hanadatta in order to demonstrate that 鈥渁 woman whose heart is fixed on another man infallibly kills like the snake鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补, 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�.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ).鈥擜 rich Vai艣ya extolled much in the Kath膩sarits膩gara. He lived in P膩talipu峁璻a and had married the daughter of a very rich Vai艣ya of Pau峁囜笉ravardhana. After his father鈥檚 death 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 lost all his wealth in gambling, and his wife foresook her impecunious husband and returned home.
After roaming about for some time the helpless 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 decided to go to his wife鈥檚 house, and one mid-night he went there. While hiding himself there in the darkness he heard his wife telling her paramour the following: "In the four corners of 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补鈥檚 house are hidden four treasures. But he does not know about the treasures hidden thus by one of his fore-fathers. I got the information from his mother. You should purchase the property for a small price."
No sooner did 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 hear the above than he hurried back to his house and dug up the treasure and thus became wealthy again. The paramour of his wife went to him a few days later and purchased the property at a heavy price. But, when he dug up the place no treasure was found. Then he wanted to sell back the property to 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 himself, but he refused to purchase it. The case was taken before the King when 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 detailed the whole story. And, as ordered by the King, 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 disfigured his wife and wedded another wife. (Kath膩sarits膩gara, L膩v膩峁嘺kala峁僢akam, Tara峁単a 5).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ).鈥攁 servant or attendant upon a temple. (-蝉墨) 1 a female in the service of gods or a temple.
2) a courtezan (employed as a dancer in a temple).
3) the wild citron tree.
Derivable forms: 诲别惫补诲腻蝉补岣� (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ啶�).
顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and 诲腻蝉补 (啶︵ぞ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攕on of K膩li诲腻蝉补, brother of H峁沝ay膩bhara峁嘺 (G墨tagovinda峁玨膩) and of 艢a峁卥ara. W. p. 168.
2) 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ):鈥攗ncle of 艢膩r峁単adhara (Paddhati) Oxf. 122^b. Poet. 艢p. p. 38.
3) 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ):鈥敹俦鸨共够迥宀醪筽rak膩艣a [dharma] L. 1832. Bik. 379. Lahore. 12. Quoted by Kha峁囜笉er膩ya.
4) 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ):鈥擭y膩yaratnaprakara峁嘺. 厂奴肠墨辫补迟迟谤补. 46.
5) 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ):鈥擟ikits膩m峁泃as膩gara.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 顿别惫补诲腻蝉补 (啶︵啶掂う啶距じ):鈥擺=deva-诲腻蝉补] [from deva] m. a servant of a monastery ([Buddhist literature])
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a merchant鈥檚 son, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
3) [v.s. ...] of the brother of 艢膩r峁単adhara鈥檚 mother (also sa-deva), [Catalogue(s)]
4) [v.s. ...] of the son of a K膩li诲腻蝉补, [ib.]
5) [v.s. ...] of sub voce authors, [Catalogue(s)]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Pali-English dictionary
[Pali to Burmese]
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(Auto-Translation): The essence of the gods - humble and serene, the deity.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches: Deva, Dasa, Taca.
Starts with: Devadasa mishra, Devadasa pandita, Tevataccan.
Full-text: Devadasa mishra, Devadasa pandita, Krityadipa, Krityarnava, Dussila, Cikitsamritasara, Nyayaratnaprakarana, Hridayabharana, Sakhihridayabharana, Devadasi, Kalpadru, Rupavati, Sharngadhara, Raghavadeva, Duhshila, Viravarman, Kalidasa, Dharmadatta, Tithinirnaya, Shankara.
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