Harshavati, 贬补谤峁惫补迟墨: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 贬补谤峁惫补迟墨 can be transliterated into English as Harsavati or Harshavati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara贬补谤峁惫补迟墨 (啶灌ぐ啷嵿し啶掂い啷�) is the wife of king Jyoti峁rabha from Ratn膩kara, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 58. Accordingly, as Pulastya said in his hermitage: 鈥�... there lived in the city of Ratn膩kara a king named Jyoti峁rabha, who ruled the earth with supreme authority, as far as the sea, the mine of jewels. There was born to him, by his queen named 贬补谤峁惫补迟墨, a son, whose birth was due to the favour of 艢iva propitiated by severe asceticism鈥�.
The story of 贬补谤峁惫补迟墨 was narrated by Gomukha to Narav膩hanadatta in order to demonstrate that 鈥渢he appointed union of human beings certainly takes place in this world, though vast spaces intervene鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 贬补谤峁惫补迟墨, 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 Dictionary1) 贬补谤峁惫补迟墨 (啶灌ぐ啷嵿し啶掂い啷�):鈥擺=丑补谤峁-惫补迟墨] [from har峁-vat > har峁] f. Name of a princess, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
2) [v.s. ...] of a town, [ib.]
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: Harsha, Vati.
Full-text: Dharmadatta, Ratnakara, Jyotishprabha, Somaprabha, Vasudatta.
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