Alternative spellings of this word include Ichchhabharana.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Icchābharaṇa (इच्छाभरण) is a friend of the merchant (vaṇij) named Bhogavarman, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 54. Accordingly, “... and immediately one of that merchant’s friends, named Icchābharaṇa, rushed in and said to him: ‘Our dinner is ready; rise up and come to us, and let us eat, for all our other friends have assembled and are waiting for you’”.

The story of Icchābharaṇa was told by an astrologer to king Samarabāla and four others in order to demonstrate that “a smaller fortune, accompanied with enjoyment, is to be preferred to a great fortune, which, though great, is devoid of enjoyment and therefore useless”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Icchābharaṇa, 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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Icchābharaṇa (इच्छाभरण):—[=icchā-bharaṇa] [from icchā > iṣ] (icchābharaṇa) m. Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Icchabharana in German

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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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Partial matches: Iccha, Bharana.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Icchabharana, Iccha-bharana, Icchā-bharaṇa, Icchābharaṇa; (plurals include: Icchabharanas, bharanas, bharaṇas, Icchābharaṇas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter LIV < [Book IX - Alaṅkāravatī]

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