Devaprabha: 5 definitions
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Devaprabha 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Devaprabha (देवप्रभ) is the name of a Gandharva who incarnated as king Ratnādhipati, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 36. Accordingly, “... then, being merciful, that Siddha allowed himself to be propitiated by that brother of mine, Devaprabha, and appointed for us both the following termination of the curse: ‘though a mortal [Ratnādhipati], thou shalt become, by the favour of Viṣṇu, the lord of an island, and shalt obtain as thy servant this thy younger brother [Somaprabha], who will have become an elephant [Śvetaraśmi], a beast of burden fit for gods. Thou shalt obtain eighty thousand wives, and thou shalt come to learn the unchastity of them all in the presence of men”.
2) Devaprabhā (देवप्रभा) is daughter of the king of the Siddhas, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 117. Accordingly, as # said to Padmaśekhara : “... long ago, in the city of Śiva, the daughter of the king of the Siddhas, named Devaprabhā, was performing a very severe penance, in order to obtain the husband she desired”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Devaprabha, 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: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDevaprabha (देवप्रभ).—name of a Bodhisattva: Gaṇḍavyūha 3.17.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Devaprabha (देवप्रभ):—[=deva-prabha] [from deva] m. ‘having divine splendour’, Name of a Gandharva, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) Devaprabhā (देवप्रभा):—[=deva-prabhā] [from deva-prabha > deva] f. of the daughter of a Siddha, [ib.]
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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: Deva, Prabha, Teva.
Full-text: Rajavant, Rajavati, Somaprabha.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XXXVI < [Book VII - Ratnaprabhā]
Chapter CXIX < [Book XVII - Padmāvatī]
Chapter CXVII < [Book XVII - Padmāvatī]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 242 - The Story of Rāma < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]