Jalapura, Jala-pura, 闯补濒补辫奴谤补: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩garaJalapura (啶溹げ啶啶�) is the name of an ancient city according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 56. Accordingly, 鈥�... and Candrasv膩min, being thus set at liberty [by Si峁僪ada峁冡梗峁璻a], not finding his son [Mah墨p膩la] and his younger sister [Candravat墨] in the wood, wandered in search of them; and as he wandered he found a city named Jalapura on the shore of the sea, and entered as a guest the house of a certain B谤腻hman鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning Jalapura, 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�.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)闯补濒补辫奴谤补 (啶溹げ啶啶�) means 鈥渇illed with water鈥�, according to K膩艣墨n膩tha Up膩dhye鈥檚 Dharmasindhu, a commentary on the R膩ma Daivaj帽a鈥檚 Muh奴rtacint膩ma峁噄 (an astrological work).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Thus it has has been said in the third Skandha of the sacred Bh膩gavata. Its meaning is [as follows]. Eighty 驳耻帽箩补蝉 make one 办补谤峁. The same has the designation of 蝉耻惫补谤峁嘺. Four 办补谤峁s are one pala. Thus, a vessel should be made of six palas of copper; it should be pierced at the base by means of a needle made of twenty 驳耻帽箩补蝉鈥� weight of gold and four 补峁単耻濒补蝉 in length. Through this perforation, by the time a prastha measure of water enters, that bowl sinks in the water, because of the prastha measure of water that filled it [i.e., 辫谤补蝉迟丑补-箩补濒补辫奴谤补]. Then that vessel becomes the standard measure for the period of one 驳丑补峁�. There the unit of one prastha contains sixteen palas. [...]鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� 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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary闯补濒补辫奴谤补 (啶溹げ啶啶�).鈥�
1) a flood of water.
2) a full stream of water.
Derivable forms: 箩补濒补辫奴谤补岣� (啶溹げ啶啶班).
闯补濒补辫奴谤补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and 辫奴谤补 (啶啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯补濒补辫奴谤补 (啶溹げ啶啶�).鈥攎. a bed full of water. Du峁１枧�, adj., f. 谤腻, difficult to be filled or satisfied.
闯补濒补辫奴谤补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and 辫奴谤补 (啶啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 闯补濒补辫奴谤补 (啶溹げ啶啶�):鈥擺=jala-辫奴谤补] [from jala] m. a full bed (of a river), [G墨ta-govinda xi, 25]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a mythic hero, [V墨racarita xv, xxx.]
3) 闯腻濒补辫耻谤补 (啶溹ぞ啶侧お啷佮ぐ):鈥擺=箩腻濒补-辫耻谤补] [from 箩腻濒补] n. Name of a town, [Kath膩sarits膩gara lvi.]
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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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