Vajrakuta, Vajrakūṭa, Vajra-kuta: 5 definitions
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Vajrakuta 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVajrakūṭa (वज्रकूट).—A boundary hill in Plakṣadvīpa.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 20. 4.
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: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraVajrakūṭa (वज्रकूट) is the name of a Vidyādhara city, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 44. Accordingly, as Vajraprabha said to Naravāhanadatta: “there is a city in this earth on the ridge of Himavat, called Vajrakūṭa, and rightly so called, as being all made of diamond. There I dwelt, as a king of the Vidyādharas named Vajraprabha, and my name too was rightly given me, because my body is framed of diamond”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Vajrakūṭa, 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.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVajrakūṭa (वज्रकूट).—a mountain consisting of diamonds; स वज्रकूटाङ्गनिपातवेगविशीर्णकुक्षिः स्तनयन्नुदन्वान् (sa vajrakūṭāṅganipātavegaviśīrṇakukṣiḥ stanayannudanvān) Bhāgavata 3.13.29.
Derivable forms: vajrakūṭaḥ (वज्रकूटः).
Vajrakūṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and kūṭa (कूट).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vajrakūṭa (वज्रकूट):—[=vajra-kūṭa] [from vajra > vaj] m. ‘diamond-peak’, a mountain consisting of diamonds, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a mountain, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] of a mythical town on the Himālaya, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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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