Utpalavati, Utpalāvatī: 8 definitions
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Utpalavati 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇaUtpalāvatī (उत्पलावती).—Name of a river originating from Malaya, a holy mountain (kulaparvata) in Bhārata, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 85. There are settlements (janapada) where Āryas and Mlecchas dwell who drink water from these rivers.
Bhārata is a region south of Hemādri, once ruled over by Bharata (son of Ṛṣabha), whose ancestral lineage can be traced back to Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
The Varāhapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and Sūta is the main narrator.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexUtpalāvatī (उत्पलावती).—(River) from the Malaya hill.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 16. 36; Matsya-purāṇa 114. 30; Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 105.
Utpalāvatī (उत्पलावती) refers to the name of a River mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VI.10.33). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Utpalāvatī) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of RajasekharaUtpalāvatī (उत्पलावती) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—A river in the Tinnevelly district in the southern India. It is runs parallel to the Tāmraparṇī.
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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUtpalāvatī (उत्पलावती).—f., Divyāvadāna 471.1 ff.; 476.21; or Utpalāvata, nt., Divyāvadāna 479.19, name of a city.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Utpalāvatī (उत्पलावती):—[=utpalā-vatī] [from ut-pala] f. Name of a river, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] of an Apsaras.
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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: Utpala, Vati.
Ends with: Sutpalavati.
Full-text: Lola, Sutapas, Uttarapatha.
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Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
12. List of rivers as found in the Purāṇas < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section IX < [Jambukhanda Nirmana Parva]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)