Indradvipa, Indradvīpa, Indra-dvipa, Imdradvipa: 8 definitions
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Indradvipa 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaIndradvīpa (इन्द्रद्वीप).—(INDRA ISLAND). Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva refers to the island as having once been conquered and subjugated by king Sahasrabāhu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexIndradvīpa (इन्द्रद्वीप).—One of the nine divisions of Bhāratavarṣa:1 Here the R. Nalinī enters the sea.2
- 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 16. 9; Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 79; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 3. 6; Matsya-purāṇa 114. 8.
- 2) Matsya-purāṇa 121. 57.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of RajasekharaIndradvīpa (इन्द्रद्वीप) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—In the Purāṇas, as well as in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Rājaśekhara divided Bhāratavarṣa in nine parts, where Indradvīpa is one of the part of it. But some of the scholars are inclined to identify this with Burma as it is situated in the east, the direction of Indra.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIndradvīpa (इन्द्रद्वीप).—one of the 9 Dvīpas or Divisions of the continent (of India).
Derivable forms: indradvīpaḥ (इन्द्रद्वीपः), indradvīpam (इन्द्रद्वीपम्).
Indradvīpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and dvīpa (द्वीप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndradvīpa (इन्द्रद्वीप):—[=indra-dvīpa] [from indra] m. one of the nine Dvīpas or divisions of the known continent, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusIṃdradvipa (ಇಂದ್ರದ್ವಿಪ):—[noun] the elephant of the lord of gods; Airāvata.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Indra, Dvipa.
Starts with: Indradvipasamudra.
Full-text: Cakravartikshetra, Bharatavarsha, Dvipa.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 8.3 - Rājaśekhara’s concepts of Bhāratavarṣa (undivided india) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Appendix 2 - Identification of Geographical names mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā
The Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
9. The area of Bharata < [Chapter 9 - Geography]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LV - Description of the Geographical situations of the different countries of the earth < [Agastya Samhita]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 118 - The country of Bhārata (bhāratavarṣa)
Chapter 219 - Sacred syllables for coronation (abhiṣeka-manta)
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
The concept of Bhāratavarṣa < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The River Gaṅgā or Ganges < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]