Gangavataracampu, Gangavatara-campu, Gaṅgāvatāracampū: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Gangavataracampu 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Gangavatarachampu.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: A critical appreciation of soddhalas udayasundarikathaGaṅgāvatāracampū (गङ्गावतारचम्पू).—The Gaṅgāvatāra Campū on the story of the Ganges is composed by Śaṅkara Dikṣita, the son of Bālakṛṣṇa of Bhāradvāja Gotra. The author was a poet of the king Sabhasiṃha of Bundelkhand. He also wrote Śaṅkaracetovilāsa, a Campu on the life of Mahārāja Cetasiṃha, a magnate of Benares in 1770-1781 A.D. in the time of the Governor-General Warren Hastings.
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’.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Wisdom Library: HinduismGaṅgāvatāracampū (गङ्गावतारचम्पू) or “Gaṅgāvatāra Campū” is a Sanskrit work in the campū style written by Śaṅkara Dikṣita, relating the story of the Ganges.
Campū is a form of Sanskrit literature similair to the epic (kathā) and dramatic (kāvya) style. It contains both prose romance as well as sections in verse.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumGaṅgāvatāracampū (गङ्गावतारचम्पू) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Śaṅkara Dīkṣita, son of Bālakṛṣṇa. Io. 114.
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: Gangavatara, Campu.
Full-text: Shamkaradikshita, Shankara.
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