Dhurjata, Dhūrjaṭa: 4 definitions

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Dhurjata 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.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Dhūrjaṭa (धूर्जट) is the name of a Gaṇa (attendant of Śiva and/or Pārvatī), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 114. Accordingly, “...  when the goddess [Pārvatī] had uttered this command, a Gaṇa of the name of Dhūrjaṭa said: ‘Goddess, this is very unjust; these excellent Gaṇas do not deserve so severe a curse, for a very small offence’. When the goddess heard that she said in her wrath to Dhūrjaṭa also: ‘Fall thou also, great sir, that knowest not thy place, into a mortal womb’”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Dhūrjaṭa, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, 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 ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhūrjaṭa (धूर्जट):—[=dhūr-jaṭa] [from dhūr] m. Name of an attendant of Śiva, [Kathāsaritsāgara] (cf. next).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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