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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Amīla (अमील), son of Hiraṇyākṣa, is the name of a Daitya king from the second underworld, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 45. Accordingly, as the friend of Kalāvatī said to Sūryaprabha: “... Listen, King: in the second underworld there is a victorious king named Amīla, a chieftain of the Daityas, the son of Hiraṇyākṣa; this is his daughter Kalāvatī, whom he loves more than life”.

The story of Amīla was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Amīla, 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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Amila (अमिल).—(v.l. āmila, q.v.), m. (AMg. amila, ‘a cloth made in the Amila country; a woollen cloth’, [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]; there is no country called Amila in Kirfel; compare also Pali āmilāka, a certain kind of woolen cloth), Mahāvyutpatti 9172 = Tibetan beḥu ras yug chen, which seems to mean about what the Chin. means, viz., large cloth of calf's hair.

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Āmila (आमिल).—m. (= amila, q.v., for which var. āmila occurs), presumably the same kind of cloth called amila: Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 22b.4 °lā(ḥ), n. pl.

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

Āmila (आमिल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Amila, Amilā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Amila 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

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

1) Amila (अमिल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Āmila.

2) Amilā (अमिला) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Amilā.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Amīla (ಅಮೀಲ):—[noun] = ಅಮಿಲ್ [amil].

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Āmīla (ಆಮೀಲ):—[noun] the officer in charge of a revenue division, i.e. tālūk; a tahasīldār.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Amilā (अमिला):—adj. pl. of अमिलो [amilo]

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Amilai, Amilaka, Amilam, Amilana, Amilanamgey, Amilata, Amilataka, Amilatata, Amilaya, Amilayana.

Ends with (+19): Ajamila, Anamila, Aryamila, Brahmayamila, Cetiyadamila, Chenamila, Chulthi amila, Damila, Dhamila, Dramila, Gamila, Ghulamila, Hamila, Hilamila, Jhilamila, Kalamila, Kamila, Kardamila, Lukantamila, Mamila.

Full-text: Amilam, Chulthi amila, Kari-amilavayu, Sukhavati, Ampilam, Kalavati, Tantukaccha, Duraroha, Prakampana, Dhumaketu, Mahamaya, Sumaya.

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Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)

Part 3 - On patriarchs < [Chapter 5]

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter XLV < [Book VIII - Sūryaprabha]

Chapter XLVI < [Book VIII - Sūryaprabha]

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