Kancanapuri, 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫耻谤墨, Kancana-puri: 3 definitions
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Kancanapuri 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 Kanchanapuri.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara碍腻帽肠补苍补辫耻谤墨 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶啶班) is the name of an ancient city, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 58. Accordingly, as 艢aktiya艣as said to Narav膩hanadatta: 鈥�... in old time there was a city named 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫耻谤墨, and in it there lived a great king named Sumanas. He was of extraordinary splendour, and, crossing difficult and inaccessible regions, he conquered the fortresses and fastnesses of his foes鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫耻谤墨, 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碍腻帽肠补苍补辫耻谤墨 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶啶班) is the name of a city associated with Kali峁単a, which refers to one of the 25陆 countries of the 碍峁迟谤腻谤测补蝉, situated in the 鈥渕iddle world鈥� (madhyaloka), according to chapter 2.3 [补箩颈迟补苍腻迟丑补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] 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.
Accordingly:鈥斺�淚n these 35 zones on this side of M膩nu峁ttara and in the Antaradv墨pas, men arise by birth; [...]. From the division into 膧ryas and Mlecchas they are two-fold. The 膧ryas have sub-divisions [e.g., 办峁迟谤补 (country)]. [...] The 办峁迟谤腻谤测补蝉 are born in the 15 Karmabhumis. Here in Bharata they have 25陆 places of origin (e.g., Kali峁単a), distinguishable by cities (e.g., 碍腻帽肠补苍补辫耻谤墨) in which the birth of T墨rthak峁泃s, Cakrabh峁泃s, K峁涐梗峁嘺s, and Balas takes place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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍腻帽肠补苍补辫耻谤墨 (啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶啶班):鈥擺=办腻帽肠补苍补-辫耻谤墨] [from k膩帽cana > k膩帽c] f. idem, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
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: Puri, Kancana.
Full-text: Kancanapura, Kalinga, Sumana.
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