Ityaka: 4 definitions

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Ityaka 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

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

1) Ityaka (इत्यक) also known as Nityodita, is the “head warder” and a minister of  king Udayana, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 23. Accordingly, “... and as days went on there were born to all of his [Udayana’s] ministers in due course sons with auspicious marks, which heralded approaching good fortune [...] And to the head warder, called Nityodita, whose other title was Ityaka, there was born a son named Gomukha”.

2) Ityaka (इत्यक) is the name of a Vidyādhara and the son of Madanavega and Kaliṅgasenā, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 111. Accordingly, as Hariśikha said to emperor Naravāhanadatta: “... and when we looked at him, after bringing him down, we found that it was your brother-in-law, the Vidyādhara Ityaka, the brother of your principal queen, born to Madanavega by Queen Kaliṅgasenā”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Ityaka, 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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Ityaka (इत्यक):—[from i] m. a door-keeper, chamberlain, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ityaka 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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