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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Añjanikā (अञ्जनिका), daughter of Kāla, is one of the twelve female friends of Mahallikā: daughter of Prahlāda, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 45. Accordingly, as Mahallikā said to Sūryaprabha: “... my female friends are not only two, but twelve in number, and my father’s brother carried them off from Indra’s heaven... And the ninth is by name Añjanikā, the daughter of the mighty Kāla... They [eg., Añjanikā] are all heavenly nymphs, born from Apsarases, and when I was married they were taken to the first underworld, and I must bestow them on you, in order that I may be always with them”.

The story of Añjanikā and Mahallikā 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 Añjanikā, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Añjanikā (अञ्जनिका).—[añjanā svārthe kan]

1) A species of lizard; a small mouse.

2) Name of the mate of the elephant सुप्रतीक (supratīka).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Añjanikā (अञ्जनिका).—f.

(-kā) 1. A species of lizard, (Lacerta anjaneya.) 2. A small mouse. E añjana, and ikan affix, with the fem. termination; also read añjalikā.

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

1) Añjanikā (अञ्जनिका):—[from añj] f. a species of lizard, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a small mouse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] cf. añjalikā.

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

Añjanika (अञ्जनिक):—I. m. f. n.

(-kaḥ-kā-kam) Referring or belonging to collyrium &c. See añjana. Ii. f.

(-kā) 1) A species of lizard (Lacerta anjaneya).

2) A small mouse. Also read añjalikā. E. añjana, taddh. aff. ṣṭhan.

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

Añjanikā (अञ्जनिका):—(kā) 1. f. A kind of lizard. Also añjalikā

[Sanskrit to German]

Anjanika 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)

Starts with: Anjanikari.

Ends with: Dhiraranjanika, Kalanjanika, Khanjanika, Veyyanjanika, Vyanjanika.

Full-text: Anjalika, Anjineya, Anjanikya, Anjanadhika, Vyanjanika, Anjanaka, Anjana.

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter XLV < [Book VIII - Sūryaprabha]

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