Amarapuri, Amarapurī, Amara-puri: 4 definitions
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Amarapuri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
India history and geography
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (history)Amarapurī (अमरपुरी) is the name of an ancient city, according to the “Caṃdakumara rī vāta” by Haṃsa Kavi (classified as Rajasthani literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—One day, the prince Candrakumāra, son of Amarasena, the ruler of Amarapurī, went for hunting. After long wanderings, he finally reached the city of Trimbapurī, the capital of king Ajedin (here Ājadina). [...]
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmarapurī (अमरपुरी):—[=a-mara-purī] [from a-mara > a-mamri] f. Name of a town, [Pañcatantra]
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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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Ends with: Camarapuri.
Full-text: Amarasena, Candrakumara, Ajedin, Trimbapuri, Trimba, Ajadina, Vikramayashas.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 1: Previous incarnations of Sanatkumāra as King Vikramayaśas and of Asitākṣa as Nāgadatta < [Chapter VII - Sanatkumāracakricaritra]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 2 - The Life of Caitanya < [Chapter XXXII - Caitanya and his Followers]
Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
(ii) Subject-matter of Architecture (Vāstu) < [Chapter 2 - Scope and Subject-matter]