Dhanapara, Dhanaparā: 3 definitions
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Dhanapara 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: KathāsaritsāgaraDhanaparā (धनपरा) is the wife of king Cirāyus and mother of Jīvahara, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 41. Accordingly, “... and when he [Jīvahara] was anointed, his mother, the Queen Dhanaparā, on his coming in great delight to salute her, said to him as soon as she saw him: ‘Why do you rejoice without cause, my son, at having obtained this dignity of crown prince, for this is not a step to the attainment of the kingly dignity, not even by the help of asceticism?’”.
The story of Dhanaparā and Cirāyus was narrated by Marubhūti in order to demonstrate that “this world of living beings was appointed by the Creator unstable, and full of grief hard to ward off, and even with hundreds of efforts it is impossible for anyone to do anything here which the Creator does not wish him to do”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Dhanaparā, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhanapara (धनपर):—[=dhana-para] [from dhana > dhan] mf(ā)n. fond of money, [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Dhana, Para, Tana.
Starts with: Dhanaparajaya.
Full-text: Jivahara.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XLI < [Book VII - Ratnaprabhā]