Tarapura, 罢腻谤腻辫耻谤补, Tara-pura: 5 definitions
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara罢腻谤腻辫耻谤补 (啶むぞ啶班ぞ啶啶�) is the name of an ancient city according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 56. Accordingly, 鈥�... But one day the minister of the King T膩r膩varman, who lived in the city of 罢腻谤腻辫耻谤补, the excellent Br膩hman 础苍补苍迟补蝉惫腻尘颈苍, came that way on business, with his elephants, horses and foot-soldiers, and entered the house of that merchant [S膩rthadhara], being a friend of his鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 罢腻谤腻辫耻谤补, 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�.
India history and geography
: Jainworld: Jain History (h)罢腻谤腻辫耻谤补 (啶むぞ啶班ぞ啶啶�) is the historical name for modern 罢腻谤补峁単补: a sacred hill situated in the Mahesana-District [which] became a holy place of the Jainas. According to the Pr膩krit Nirv膩峁嘺 K膩峁囜笉a, Varadatta Vara峁単a, Sagaradatta, three and half Ko峁璱 Munis etc. attained Nirv膩na. T膩ra峁単膩 was mentioned by Gu峁嘺k墨rti in the Tirtha-vandan膩 written in the fifteenth century A.D. 艢rutas膩gara, Meghar膩ja Dilasukha etc. also described this T墨rtha. It became famous as Nirv膩峁嘺-k峁tra
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary罢腻谤腻辫耻谤补 (啶むぞ啶班ぞ啶啶�):鈥擺=迟腻谤腻-辫耻谤补] [from t膩r膩 > t膩ra] n. Name of a town, [Kath膩sarits膩gara lvi, 41.]
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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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Full-text: Taradharma, Taravarman, Taranga, Bandhumati, 础苍补苍迟补蝉惫腻尘颈苍, Candrasvamin.
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