Didhitimat, Dīdhitimat: 3 definitions

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Didhitimat 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.

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Kavya (poetry)

[«previous next»] — Didhitimat in Kavya glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Dīdhitimat (दीधितिमत्) is the name of a Muni (hermit), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 58. Accordingly, as the companion of a hermit’s son said to Manorathaprabhā: “... not far from here, my friend, there lives in a hermitage a hermit named Dīdhitimat. He, being subject to a strict vow of chastity, was seen once, when he came to bathe in this lake, by the goddess Śrī, who came there at the same time. As she could not obtain him in the flesh, as he was a strict ascetic, and yet longed for him earnestly with her mind, she conceived a mind-born son”.

The story of Dīdhitimat was narrated by Gomukha to Naravāhanadatta in order to demonstrate that “the appointed union of human beings certainly takes place in this world, though vast spaces intervene”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Dīdhitimat, 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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[«previous next»] — Didhitimat in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dīdhitimat (दीधितिमत्).—a. Brilliant. -m. The sun; प्रातर्दीधितिमानिव आविरभूत् (prātardīdhitimāniva āvirabhūt)) Kumārasambhava 2.2;7.7.

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

1) Dīdhitimat (दीधितिमत्):—[=dīdhiti-mat] [from dīdhiti > dīdhī] mfn. having splendour, shining, brilliant, [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra vi, 3]

2) [v.s. ...] m. the sun, [Kumāra-sambhava ii, 2; vii, 10]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Muni, [Kathāsaritsāgara lix, 93.]

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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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