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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Kuṇḍinapura (कुण्डिनपुर) or simply Kuṇḍina is the name of an ancient city situated in Vidarbha, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 55. Accordingly, as the painter Roladeva said to king Kanakavarṣa: “... in Vidarbha there is a prosperous town named Kuṇḍina, and in it there is a king of the name of Devaśakti. And he has a queen named Anantavatī, dearer to him than life, and by her there was born to him a daughter named Madanasundarī”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kuṇḍinapura, 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’.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Kundinapura (कुण्‍डिनपुर): Capital of Vidarbha.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kuṇḍinapura (कुण्डिनपुर).—Name of a city, the capital of the Vidarbhas.

Derivable forms: kuṇḍinapuram (कुण्डिनपुरम्).

See also (synonyms): kuṇḍina.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kuṇḍinapura (कुण्डिनपुर).—[neuter] [Name] of a town.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pura, Kundina.

Full-text: Kundina, Bhimapura, Vidarbha, Rukma, Bhojakata, Upakarya, Rituparna, Patamandapa, Varshneya, Saptadvija.

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Search found 9 books and stories containing Kundinapura, Kuṇḍinapura, Kundina-pura, Kuṇḍina-pura; (plurals include: Kundinapuras, Kuṇḍinapuras, puras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

Chapter 4 - Journey to the City of Kuṇḍina < [Canto 6 - Dvārakā-khaṇḍa]

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Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)

Part 2 - Summary of the drama (Rukmiṇīharaṇa) < [Chapter 9 - Īhāmṛga (critical study)]

Part 7 - Characters in the Rukmiṇīharaṇa < [Chapter 9 - Īhāmṛga (critical study)]

Part 10 - Application of the Junctures (sandhi) in a Īhāmṛga < [Chapter 9 - Īhāmṛga (critical study)]

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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)

Verse 1.7.101-102 < [Chapter 7 - Pūrṇa (pinnacle of excellent devotees)]

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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 142 - The Greatness of Rukmiṇī Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]

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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 53 - Rukmiṇī’s Marriage: Rukmiṇī carried away by Kṛṣṇa < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]

Chapter 76 - Fight with Śālva < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]

Chapter 54 - Celebration of Rukmiṇī’s Marriage < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]

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Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)

Part 2c - The Plot of the Mālatīmādhava < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]

Part 6 - Economic Condition in the Mālatīmādhava and 8th-century India < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects of the Mālatīmādhava]

Part 4 - Education System in the Mālatīmādhava and 8th-century India < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects of the Mālatīmādhava]

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