Vikramapura, Vikrama-pura: 4 definitions
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Vikramapura 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
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraVikramapura (विक्रमपुर) is the name of an ancient city, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 53. Accordingly, “... there is in this country a great and splendid city of the name of Vikramapura. In it there lived long ago a king named Vikramatuṅga”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Vikramapura, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVikramapura (विक्रमपुर).—[neuter] [Name] of a city.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVikramapura (विक्रमपुर):—[=vi-krama-pura] [from vi-krama > vi-kram] 2. vi-krama-pura n. Name of a town ([probably] = -paṭṭana) ([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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pura, Vikrama.
Full-text: Vikramatunga, Sumativijaya, Adabari, Madanpur, Upyalika, Govindapur, Madanpara, Dhulla, Belava.
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Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Nagar < [Chapter X - Temples of Rajadhjraja II’s Time]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.14.49 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]
Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
Study of the Contemporary Literary Sources < [Chapter 3]
Religious tolerance of kings of northern India < [Chapter 4]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LIII < [Book IX - Alaṅkāravatī]