Devaprabha: 5 definitions
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Devaprabha 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.
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara1) Devaprabha (啶︵啶掂お啷嵿ぐ啶�) is the name of a Gandharva who incarnated as king Ratn膩dhipati, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 36. Accordingly, 鈥�... then, being merciful, that Siddha allowed himself to be propitiated by that brother of mine, Devaprabha, and appointed for us both the following termination of the curse: 鈥榯hough a mortal [Ratn膩dhipati], thou shalt become, by the favour of Vi峁ａ箛u, the lord of an island, and shalt obtain as thy servant this thy younger brother [Somaprabha], who will have become an elephant [艢vetara艣mi], a beast of burden fit for gods. Thou shalt obtain eighty thousand wives, and thou shalt come to learn the unchastity of them all in the presence of men鈥�.
2) 顿别惫补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶︵啶掂お啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ) is daughter of the king of the Siddhas, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 117. Accordingly, as # said to Padma艣ekhara : 鈥�... long ago, in the city of 艢iva, the daughter of the king of the Siddhas, named 顿别惫补辫谤补产丑腻, was performing a very severe penance, in order to obtain the husband she desired鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning Devaprabha, 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�.
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Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDevaprabha (啶︵啶掂お啷嵿ぐ啶�).鈥攏ame of a Bodhisattva: 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 3.17.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Devaprabha (啶︵啶掂お啷嵿ぐ啶�):鈥擺=deva-prabha] [from deva] m. 鈥榟aving divine splendour鈥�, Name of a Gandharva, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
2) 顿别惫补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶︵啶掂お啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ):鈥擺=诲别惫补-辫谤补产丑腻] [from deva-prabha > deva] f. of the daughter of a Siddha, [ib.]
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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: Prabha, Deva.
Full-text: Rajavant, Rajavati, Somaprabha.
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