Kancanaprabha, 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑补: 7 definitions
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Kancanaprabha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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 Kanchanaprabha.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑补 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶啶班き).鈥擜 son of Bh墨ma the king and father of Subdha.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 66. 24; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 91. 53.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶啶班き啶�) is the wife of Ala峁卥膩ra艣墨la, a Vidy膩dhara king from 艢r墨sundarapura, according to in the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 51. Accordingly as the Vidy膩dhar墨 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑腻 said to Narav膩hanadatta while in a Svayambh奴 temple of 艢iva: 鈥�... that lofty-souled king [Ala峁卥膩ra艣墨la] had a wife named 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑腻, and in course of time a son was born to the king by her. And when Um膩 announced to his father in a dream that he should be devoted to religion, he named him Dharma艣墨la... Then the Queen 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑腻, the consort of King Ala峁卥膩ra艣墨la, became pregnant again, and gave birth to a daughter. Then a heavenly voice proclaimed: 鈥楾his daughter shall be the wife of the Emperor Narav膩hanadatta鈥�. Then her father gave her the name of Ala峁卥膩ravat墨, and the girl gradually grew like a digit of the moon鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑腻, 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�.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶啶班き啶�) is the wife of king Candrabhadra from Mathur膩, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.8 [The abandonment of S墨t膩] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.鈥擜ccordingly, as Muni De艣abh奴峁峁嘺 said to R膩ma: 鈥溑歳墨dhara [i.e., 艢atrughna鈥檚 previous incarnation] wandered as a mendicant, practiced penance, and went to heaven. When he fell, he became the son of King Candrabhadra in the city Mathur膩. Son of Queen 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑腻, Acala by name, he was extremely dear to Candrabhadra. His eight elder brothers, sons of co-wives, Bh膩nuprabha and others, began to try to kill Acala, so he would not be king. [...]鈥�.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑补 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶啶班き).鈥擺adjective] gold-like; [masculine] [Name] of a king.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑补 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶啶班き):鈥擺=办腻帽肠补苍补-辫谤补产丑补] [from k膩帽cana > k膩帽c] mfn. glittering with gold, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a prince (son of Bh墨ma and father of Suhotra), [Hariva峁兣沘; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺]
3) 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫谤补产丑腻 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶啶班き啶�):鈥擺=办腻帽肠补苍补-辫谤补产丑腻] [from 办腻帽肠补苍补-辫谤补产丑补 > k膩帽cana > k膩帽c] f. Name of a Vidy膩-dhara princess, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
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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, Kancana.
Full-text (+11): Alankaravati, Suhotra, Dharmashila, Kancana, Kapateshvara, Mahadevagiri, Amaraparvata, Sureshvari, Alankarashila, Rakshasa, Vijaya, Candrabhadra, Shrisundarapura, Bhanuprabha, Jatayu, Jatayus, Gangasaras, Dasharatha, Sugriva, Janaka.
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