Kancanashringa, 碍腻帽肠补苍补艣峁涐箙驳补: 5 definitions
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Kancanashringa 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.
The Sanskrit term 碍腻帽肠补苍补艣峁涐箙驳补 can be transliterated into English as Kancanasrnga or Kancanashringa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kanchanashringa.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Wisdom Library: Var膩ha-pur膩峁嘺碍腻帽肠补苍补艣峁涐箙驳补 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶多啶權啶�) is another name for Devi峁ａ弓ha, one of the seven major mountains in Krau帽ca诲惫墨辫补, according to the 痴补谤腻丑补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 chapter 88. All of these mountains are tall and filled with gems. Krau帽ca诲惫墨辫补 is one of the seven islands (诲惫墨辫补), ruled over by Jyoti峁膩n, one of the ten sons of Priyavrata, son of Sv膩yambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahm膩, who was in turn created by N膩r膩ya峁嘺, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
The 痴补谤腻丑补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 is categorised as a Mah膩pur膩峁嘺, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and S奴ta is the main narrator.
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碍腻帽肠补苍补艣峁涐箙驳补 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶多啶權啶�) or 碍腻帽肠补苍补艣峁涐箙驳补ka is the name of a golden city situated on the mountain named Himavat, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 35. Accordingly, 鈥渙n it [Himavat] there is a golden city called 碍腻帽肠补苍补艣峁涐箙驳补, which gleams refulgent with brightness, like the palace of the Sun. It extends many yojanas, and in it there lives a king of the Vidy膩dharas named Hemaprabha, who is a firm votary of the husband of Um膩鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 碍腻帽肠补苍补艣峁涐箙驳补, 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�.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍腻帽肠补苍补艣峁涐箙驳补 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶多啶權啶�):鈥擺=办腻帽肠补苍补-艣峁涐箙驳补] [from k膩帽cana > k膩帽c] n. Name of a mythical town, [ib.]
[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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shringa, Kancana.
Starts with: Kancanashringaka.
Full-text: Sphatikayashas, Kancanashringaka, Alankaraprabha, Devishtha, Hemaprabha, Shaktiyashas, Krauncadvipa.
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