Adityasharman, Ādityaśarman: 1 definition
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Adityasharman 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.
The Sanskrit term Ādityaśarman can be transliterated into English as Adityasarman or Adityasharman, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraĀdityaśarman (आदित्यशर्मन्) is the name of an ancient king who was conquered by Mahāsena, king of Ujjayinī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 49. Accordingly, as Guṇaśarman narrated to a certain Brāhman: “... in the city of Ujjayinī there was a Brāhman’s son named Ādityaśarman, and when he was a child his father died, and his mother entered the fire with her husband. Then Ādityaśarman grew up in that city in his uncle’s house, reading the Vedas and the books of knowledge, and also the treatises on accomplishments”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Ādityaśarman, 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’.
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Full-text: Gunasharman, Vidyunmala, Jambuvana, Vishnugupta, Candralekha, Sulocana.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
Sanskrit Inscriptions (B): The Maitrakas < [Chapter 3]