Diptashikha, Dīptaśikha: 4 definitions
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Diptashikha 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.
The Sanskrit term Dīptaśikha can be transliterated into English as Diptasikha or Diptashikha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraDīptaśikha (दीप्तशिख) is the name of a Yakṣa and brother of Aṭṭahāsa, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 73. Accordingly, as Kapiśabhrū said to Saudāminī: “... and his [Aṭṭahāsa’s] friends, in order to amuse him, made him in sport King of the Yakṣas, and they made his brother Dīptaśikha personate Naḍakūvara his son, and they themselves became his ministers. While your beloved was being solaced in this way by his friends, Naḍakūvara, who was roaming at will through the air, saw him.”.
Dīptaśikha was previosuly known as the Brāhman Kamalagarbha. Accordingly, as Jyotirlekhā, and Dhūmalekhā said to Śrīdarśana: “... then Kamalagarbha, owing to the power of his severe penances, was born in the Yakṣa race as Dīptaśikha, the son of the Yakṣa Pradīptākṣa, and the younger brother of Aṭṭahāsa”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Dīptaśikha, 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 Dictionary1) Dīptaśikha (दीप्तशिख):—[=dīpta-śikha] [from dīpta > dīp] mfn. ‘bright-flamed’ (fire), [Kathāsaritsāgara lxxiii]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Yakṣa, [ib.]
[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.
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Partial matches: Shikha, Dipta.
Full-text: Dipasikha, Prithudara, Pradiptaksha, Nadakuvara.
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