Manidhara, 惭补峁噄诲丑补谤补: 7 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index惭补峁噄诲丑补谤补 (啶ぃ啶苦ぇ啶�).鈥擜 Yak峁 living in the (Hema艣峁沶ga Matsya-pur膩峁嘺) Lohita hill; son of Rajatan膩bha.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 18. 12; 36. 216; Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 121. 13.
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惭补峁噄诲丑补谤补 (啶ぃ啶苦ぇ啶�) or Ma峁噄dara is the name of Yak峁 prince, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 49. Accordingly, 鈥�... then in that very place [Alak膩] I [Gu峁嘺艣arman] learned in succession the Vedas, the sciences and the accomplishments, from a prince of the Yak峁s named 惭补峁噄诲丑补谤补鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 惭补峁噄诲丑补谤补, 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: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary惭补峁噄诲丑补谤腻 (啶ぃ啶苦ぇ啶班ぞ).鈥攏ame of a certain mudr膩: 碍腻谤补峁囜笉补惫惫奴丑补 74.9 (compare Mah膩尘补峁噄dhara).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 惭补峁噄诲丑补谤补 (啶ぃ啶苦ぇ啶�):鈥擺=尘补峁噄-诲丑补谤补] [from 尘补峁噄] mfn. having a string of beads for counting, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] Sam膩dhi, [K膩ra峁囜笉a-vy奴ha]
3) 惭补峁噄诲丑补谤腻 (啶ぃ啶苦ぇ啶班ぞ):鈥擺=尘补峁噄-dhar膩] [from 尘补峁噄-诲丑补谤补 > 尘补峁噄] f. a [particular] position of the fingers, [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.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary惭补峁噄诲丑补谤补 (啶ぃ啶苦ぇ啶�):鈥攏. snake;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Full-text: Manidharin, Mahamanidhara, Manidhar, Cudamanidhara, Rajatanabha, Shadaksharilokeshvara, Manidara, Shadakshari, Gunasharman.
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