Candidasa, Caṇḍidāsa, Candi-dasa: 5 definitions

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Candidasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chandidasa.

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)

Caṇḍidāsa is one of the Brāhmaṇa donees mentioned in the “Asankhali plates of Narasiṃha II” (1302 A.D.). When a grant was made to a large number of Brāhmaṇas, the chief amongst the donees seems to have been called Pānīyagrāhin especially. In the present record, though all the donees (e.g., Caṇḍidāsa) are referred to as Pāṇigrāhi-mahājana, their list is headed by a Brāhmaṇa with Pāṇigrahī as his surname.

These copper plates (mentioning Caṇḍidāsa) were discovered from the house of a Santal inhabitant of Pargana Asankhali in the Mayurbhanj State (Orissa). It was made when king Vīra-Narasiṃhadeva was staying at the Bhairavapura-kaṭaka (city, camp or residence).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Caṇḍīdāsa (चण्डीदास) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—grandson of Nārāyaṇa: Kāvyaprakāśadīpikā, written according to the instruction of his friend Lakṣmaṇa Bhaṭṭa. Io. 491. Dhvanisiddhāntasaṃgraha. Quoted in the preceding work. Caṇḍīdāsa is quoted by Govinda in the Kāvyapradīpa, and by Viśvanātha in the Sāhityadarpaṇa p. 116, who calls him a sagotra.

2) Caṇḍīdāsa (चण्डीदास):—Bhāvacandrikā, bhakti. L. 2131.

3) Caṇḍīdāsa (चण्डीदास):—son of Durgādatta, wrote by desire of Raṇavīrasiṃha of Kāśmīr: Raghunāthaguṇodaya. Saṃkṣiptāhnikapaddhati (bṛhatī and laghvī).

4) Caṇḍīdāsa (चण्डीदास):—son of Rāghava: Karaṇakutūhalaṭīkā.

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

1) Caṇḍidāsa (चण्डिदास):—[=caṇḍi-dāsa] [from caṇḍi > caṇḍ] m. = ṇḍī-d.

2) Caṇḍīdāsa (चण्डीदास):—[=caṇḍī-dāsa] [from caṇḍī > caṇḍ] m. Name of the author of a [commentator or commentary] on [Kāvyaprakāśa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa iv, 14c/v] (ṇḍi-d) and, [vii, 31 a/b].

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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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