In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: The Vetālapañcaviṃśati

Nidhipatidatta (निधिपतिदत्त) is the name of a wealthy merchant and owner of caravans, from the city Puṣkarāvatī, which is located in the kingdom of Vikramabāhu, according to the twenty-first story in the Vetālapañcaviṃśati, a Sanskrit work relating the ‘twenty-five stories of a vetāla’. These stories revolve around the Indian King Vikramāditya whose kingdom is threatened by the machinations of a necromancer. The names of Nidhipatidatta’s four wifes are Kāmasenā, Vāsavadattā, Kṣamāvatī and Campāvatī. The name of his four sons are Ratnadatta, Manidatta, Kumāradatta and Kanakadatta.

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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

Nidhipatidatta (निधिपतिदत्त):—[=ni-dhi-pati-datta] [from ni-dhi > ni-dhā] m. Name of a merchant, [Daśakumāra-carita]

[Sanskrit to German]

Nidhipatidatta 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: Datta, Nidhipati.

Full-text: Kamasena, Vasavadatta, Campavati, Kshamavati, Kanakadatta, Ratnadatta, Manidatta, Kumaradatta.

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