Ashadhapura, Āṣāḍhapura, Ashadha-pura: 4 definitions
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Ashadhapura 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 Āṣāḍhapura can be transliterated into English as Asadhapura or Ashadhapura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraĀṣāḍhapura (आषाढपुर) is the name of a mountain and Vidyādhara dwelling-place, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 105. Accordingly, as Vegavatī said to Naravāhanadatta: “... there is in the city of the Vidyādharas a mountain of the name of Āṣāḍhapura. There dwells a chief of the Vidyādharas, named Mānasavega, a prince puffed up with the might of his arm, the son of King Vegavat”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Āṣāḍhapura, 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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀṣāḍhapura (आषाढपुर):—[=āṣāḍha-pura] [from āṣāḍha] n. Name of a mythical mountain, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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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Full-text: Ashadhadripura, Vegavat, Prabhavati, Prithividevi.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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