Alternative spellings of this word include Abhiruchita.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Abhirucita (अभिरुचित) is the name of a Vidyādhara and the destined husband of Aśokamālā, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 52. Accordingly as a heavenly voice said in the presence of Naravāhanadatta, Alaṅkāravatī and Aśokamālā: “... that very Vidyādharī, Aśokamālā, who was in old time cursed by her father, has now been born as a woman under the same name. And this appointed end of her curse has now arrived. She shall now repair to her Vidyādhara home and enter her own body, which is there. There she, remembering her curse, shall live happily with a Vidyādhara prince named Abhirucita, who shall become her husband”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Abhirucita, 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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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

abhirucita : (pp. of abhirucati) wished for; liked; agreeable.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Abhirucita, (adj.) (pp. fr. abhi + ruc) pleasing, agreeable, liked J.I, 402; DhA.I, 45. (Page 68)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhirucita (अभिरुचित).—p. p. Liked, beloved.

-taḥ A lover; (vāmatām) तेनिरेऽभिरुचितेषु तरुण्यः (tenire'bhiruciteṣu taruṇyaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 1.58.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhirucita (अभिरुचित).—[adjective] pleasing, agreeable ([dative] or gen); pleased with, delighting in (—°).

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

1) Abhirucita (अभिरुचित):—[=abhi-rucita] [from abhi-ruc] mfn. pleasing, agreeable to

2) [v.s. ...] pleased with, delighting in ([locative case] or in [compound]) (cf. yathābhirucita)

3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a prince of the Vidyādharas, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhirucita (अभिरुचित):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-taḥ-tā-tam) 1) Pleased, delighted.

2) Delighting, finding pleasure in; e. g. Mahābh. Vanap.: jalakrīḍābhirucitaṃ vārāhaṃ rūpamasmarat. E. ruc with abhi, kṛt aff. kta.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Abhirucita (अभिरुचित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Abhiruiya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Abhirucita 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: Rucita, Abhi.

Starts with: Abhirucitaka.

Ends with: Yathabhirucita.

Full-text: Abhiruiya, Yathabhirucita, Abhiruc, Ruj, Asokamala.

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

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