Tejasvati, °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ«: 3 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathÄsaritsÄgara1) °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« (ą¤¤ą„ą¤ą¤øą„ą¤µą¤¤ą„) is the name of a daughter of a rich merchant (named Guį¹avartman) who was presented to king Ädityasena as a gift, according to the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 18. Their story was told by Udayana (king of Vatsa) in order to demonstratrate to his ministers that a brave man by himself without any support obtains prosperity.
2) °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« (ą¤¤ą„ą¤ą¤øą„ą¤µą¤¤ą„) is the daughter of king Vikramasena: an ancient king from UjjayinÄ« according to the āstory of °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« ā� as mentioned in the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 30. Accordingly, as SomaprabhÄ said to Kaliį¹ gasenÄ: āonce on a time there lived in UjjayinÄ« a king named Vikramasena, and he had a daughter named °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ«, matchless in beauty. And she disapproved of every king who sued for her hand. But one day, while she was on the roof of her palace, she saw a man, and, as fate would have it, she felt a desire to meet him as he was very handsome, and she sent her confidante to him to communicate to him her desireā�.
The story of °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« and Vikramasena was narrated by SomaprabhÄ to Kaliį¹ gasenÄ in order to demonstrate that āfate watches to ensure the objects of auspicious persons, as good servants of their masters, when the latter are not on the look-outā�.
3) °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« (ą¤¤ą„ą¤ą¤øą„ą¤µą¤¤ą„) is a daughter of DhaneÅa (Kubera) and one of the wifes of SunÄ«tha, son of the Asura Maya and LÄ«lÄva³ŁÄ«, according to the KathÄsaritsÄgara, chapter 45. Accordingly, as LÄ«lÄva³ŁÄ« said to SunÄ«tha: ā�... my son, you know that these wives of yours are the daughters of mighty ones, °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« being the daughter of the God of Wealth, Maį¹ galÄva³ŁÄ« of Tumburu; and as for KÄ«rtima³ŁÄ«, that wife that you married in your existence as Candraprabha, her you know to be the daughter of the Vasu PrabhÄva, so you must look upon these three with an equal eye, my sonā�.
The story of °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« was narrated by the VidyÄdhara king Vajraprabha to prince NaravÄhanadatta in order to relate how āSÅ«ryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the VidyÄdharasā�.
The KathÄsaritsÄgara (āocean of streams of storyā�), mentioning °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ«, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince NaravÄhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the ±¹¾±»å²āÄå»å³ó²¹°ł²¹²õ (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guį¹Äįøhyaās Bį¹hatkathÄ consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (ą¤ą¤¾ą¤µą„ą¤�, 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 āepic poetryā� and natya, or ādramatic poetryā�.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« (ą¤¤ą„ą¤ą¤øą„ą¤µą¤¤ą„).āA heroine in a story in KathÄsaritsÄgara intended to show that all happenings either good or bad are but the workings of fate.
°Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« was the daughter of king Vikramasena of UjjayinÄ« and was very beautiful. She never liked any male and so never wished to marry. One day while she was sitting upstairs in her palace, she happened to see a young man passing that way and surprisingly was attracted by him. She sent her companion to him and informed him of her liking for him. He did not like the idea first, but the clever persuasions of the maid made him agree to a clandestine meeting with the princess at a temple at night that day. °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« anxiously waited for the night to come.
About that time a Rajput prince greatly grieved at the loss of his father and subsequent loss of his kingdom started on a tour to see an old friend of his father. That night, by sheer accident, he came and rested in the same temple where the rendezvous of the princess was fixed. When night fell the princess came to the temple and without the least suspicion went and embraced the solitary figure sitting in the temple. The prince did not show any surprise and responded fully. The princess then understood all details of her lover and took him to his father the next morning. Somadatta (that was the princeās name) then told Vikramasena all his mishaps and Vikramasena got back all the lost kingdom of Somadatta and also gave his daughter in marriage to him. (Taraį¹ ga 4, Madana MaƱcukÄlambaka, KathÄsaritsÄgara).
2) °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« (ą¤¤ą„ą¤ą¤øą„ą¤µą¤¤ą„).āThe queen of Ädityasena a king of UjjayinÄ«.
The Purana (ą¤Ŗą„ą¤°ą¤¾ą¤�, purÄį¹as) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient Indiaās 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) °Õ±šĀį²¹²õ±¹²¹³ŁÄ« (ą¤¤ą„ą¤ą¤øą„ą¤µą¤¤ą„):ā[=³Ł±šĀį²¹²õ-±¹²¹³ŁÄ«] [from tejas-vat > tejas > teja] f. (³ŁÄ«) Name of a princess, [KathÄsaritsÄgara xviii]
2) [v.s. ...] cf. jo-v.
Sanskrit, also spelled ą¤øą¤ą¤øą„ą¤ą„ą¤¤ą¤®ą„� (²õ²¹į¹s°ģį¹t²¹³¾), 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: Gunavarman, Tejasvant, Vikramasena, Gunavartman, Jihva, Sthuladatta, Devajnanin, Mangalavati, Somadatta, Harisharman.
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