In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Bhāvanikā (भावनिका).—A close friend of Mṛgāṅkavatī, who was the daughter of Bimbaki, King of Avanti, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 10.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Bhāvanikā, 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’.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Bhāvanikā (भावनिका).—A companion of princess Mṛgaṃkāvatī. (See Śrīdatta).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Bhāvanikā (भावनिका) is synonymous to Samudāyārtha: the “sum and substance” (of a versified exposition of a philosophical doctrine), as used in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 3, ll 19-20]—Haribhadra as a commentator has here first given the sum and substance (samudāyārtha) of v 1-10 and has then explained the same word by word (avayavārtha). He has adopted this very method on p. 167 but the opposite one m Vol. II, on p. 29. [...] Synonyms of Samudāyārtha:—Piṇḍārtha, Aidamparya, Bhāvanikā, Bhāvārtha, Paramārtha and Abhisandhi.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Bhāvanikā (भावनिका):—[from bhāva] f. Name of a woman, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhavanika 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: Bhavanikanta, Bhavanikavaca, Bhavanikavadi.

Ends with: Sahabhavanika.

Full-text: Sahabhavanika, Samudayartha, Bhavartha, Aidamparya, Samudaya, Paramartha, Abhisandhi, Pindartha.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Bhavanika, Bhāvanikā; (plurals include: Bhavanikas, Bhāvanikās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter X < [Book II - Kathāmukha]

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