Agnisvamin, Agnisvāmin, Agni-svamin: 5 definitions
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Agnisvamin 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.
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Agnisvāmin (अग्निस्वामिन्) is the name of a Brāhman from Brahmasthala, as mentioned in the second story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 76. Accordingly, “... There is, on the banks of the River Yamunā, a district assigned to Brāhmans, named Brahmasthala. In it there lived a Brāhman, named Agnisvāmin, who had completely mastered the Vedas. To him there was born a very beautiful daughter named Mandāravatī”.
2) Agnisvāmin (अग्निस्वामिन्) is the name of a Brāhman from Pāṭaliputra, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 124. Accordingly, “... there lived in Pāṭaliputra a Brāhman of the name of Agnisvāmin, a great maintainer of the sacrificial fire; and I am his son, Devasvāmin by name. And I married the daughter of a Brāhman who lived in a distant land, and because she was a child I left her in her father’s house”.
The story of Agnisvāmin is mentioned in the Vetālapañcaviṃśati (twenty-five tales of a vetāla) which is embedded in the twelfth book of the Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’). The main book is a famous Sanskrit epic detailing the exploits of prince Naravāhanadatta in his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The Kathā-sarit-sāgara is is explained to be an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā which consisted of 100,000 verses and in turn forms part of an even 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 DictionaryAgnisvāmin (अग्निस्वामिन्).—[masculine] [Name] of man.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumAgnisvāmin (अग्निस्वामिन्) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—
—[commentary] on Mānavakalpasūtra. Io. 1158 (Agniṣṭoma). Lāṭyāyanasūtrabhāṣya.
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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: Agni, Svamin, Ani.
Full-text: Gotrapata, Gaulgulava, Kurunadika, Kumaragupta, Latyayanashrautasutra, Kaundapayina, Karapacava, Abhikrantin, Aniyata, Kakakshi, Abhijana, Mandaravati, Klipti, Manavasutra, Devasvamin, Abhyasa.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 3, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
Mingling of Cultures (C): The Maitrakas < [Chapter 4]
Chart: Movement of Vedic Brāhmaṇas < [Chapter 3]
Sanskrit Inscriptions (B): The Maitrakas < [Chapter 3]