Alternative spellings of this word include Dhuramdharachala.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Dhuraṃdharācala (धुरंधराचल) or simply Dhuraṃdhara is the name of a mountain into whose house was born Naraṅgama: a great warrior (mahāratha) who fought on Śrutaśarman’s side but was slain by Prabhāsa, who participated in the war against Sūryaprabha, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 48. Accordingly: “... then Śrutaśarman, beside himself with grief, anger and shame, sent two more Vidyādharas, captains of hosts of warriors and distinguished warriors:... and the second was his own minister, named Naraṅgama, of great splendour, born in the house of the lord of the mountain Dhuraṃdharācala”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Dhuraṃdharācala, 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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Partial matches: Dhuramdhara, Acala, Dhurandhara.

Full-text: Dhuramdhara.

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