The Sanskrit term Lakṣmīsena can be transliterated into English as Laksmisena or Lakshmisena, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Lakṣmīsena (लक्ष्मीसेन) is one of the two sons of king Pratāpasena, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 66. Accordingly as a prince said to Hemaprabhā: “... and that merciful god appeared to him [Pratāpasena], and said: ‘Thou shalt obtain one son, who shall be an incarnation of a Vidyādhara, and he, when his curse is at an end, shall return to his own world. And thou shalt have a second son, who shall continue thy race and uphold thy realm.’ When Śiva said this to him, he rose up in high spirits, and took food. Then he had one son born to him named Lakṣmīsena, and in course of time a second named Śūrasena”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Lakṣmīsena, 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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Lakṣmīsena (लक्ष्मीसेन):—[=lakṣmī-sena] [from lakṣmī > lakṣ] m. Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Lakshmisena in German

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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: Lakshmi, Sena, Cena.

Full-text: Shurasena.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Lakshmisena, Lakṣmīsena, Laksmisena, Lakshmi-sena, Lakṣmī-sena, Laksmi-sena; (plurals include: Lakshmisenas, Lakṣmīsenas, Laksmisenas, senas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter LXVI < [Book X - Śaktiyaśas]

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