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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Buddhivara (बुद्धिवर) is the name of a minister of Vikramāditya: a king from Pāṭaliputra, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 38. Accordingly, “thus reflecting, he [king Vikramāditya] entrusted his kingdom [Pāṭaliputra] to suitable ministers, and secretly went out of the city with one chief minister, named Buddhivara, and with five hundred well-born and brave Rājpūts, and in the disguise of a candidate for service went to Pratiṣṭhāna, the city of his enemy”.

The story of Buddhivara and Vikramāditya was narrated by Marubhūti in order to demonstrate that “women are generally fickle, but not always, for even courtesans are seen to be rich in good qualities, much more others”, in other words, that “even courtesans are occasionally of noble character and as faithful to kings as their own wives, much more than matrons of high birth”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Buddhivara, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Buddhivara (बुद्धिवर):—[=buddhi-vara] [from buddhi > budh] m. Name of a minister of Vikramāditya, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Buddhivara 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.

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Partial matches: Buddhi, Vara.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Buddhivara, Buddhi-vara; (plurals include: Buddhivaras, varas). 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 XXXVIII < [Book VII - Ratnaprabhā]

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