Candrasaras, Candra-saras: 5 definitions
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Candrasaras 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chandrasaras.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraCandrasaras (चन्द्रसरस्) is the name of a lake, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 62. Accordingly, “... there is a great lake abounding in water, called Candrasaras, and on its bank there lived a king of the hares, named Śilīmukha. Now, once on a time, a leader of a herd of elephants, named Caturdanta, came there to drink water, because all the other reservoirs of water were dried up in the drought that prevailed”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Candrasaras, 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: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryCandrasaras (चन्द्रसरस्).—[neuter] moon-lake ([mythological]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCandrasaras (चन्द्रसरस्):—[=candra-saras] [from candra > cand] n. ‘moon-lake’, Name of a mythical lake, [Pañcatantra iii, 1, 0/1; Kathāsaritsāgara cxii, 29.]
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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)
Partial matches: Saras, Candra.
Full-text: Namaka, Shilimukha, Caturdanta.
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Search found 2 books and stories containing Candrasaras, Candra-saras; (plurals include: Candrasarases, sarases). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 295 - Greatness of Indreśvara (Indra-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXII < [Book X - Śaktiyaśas]