Jalapura, Jala-pura, Jalapūra: 7 definitions
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Jalapura 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: KathāsaritsāgaraJalapura (जलपुर) is the name of an ancient city according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 56. Accordingly, “... and Candrasvāmin, being thus set at liberty [by Siṃhadaṃṣṭra], not finding his son [Mahīpāla] and his younger sister [Candravatī] in the wood, wandered in search of them; and as he wandered he found a city named Jalapura on the shore of the sea, and entered as a guest the house of a certain Brāhman”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Jalapura, 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’.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)Jalapūra (जलपूर) means “filled with water”, according to Kāśīnātha Upādhye’s Dharmasindhu, a commentary on the Rāma Daivajña’s Muhūrtacintāmaṇi (an astrological work).—Accordingly, “[...] Thus it has has been said in the third Skandha of the sacred Bhāgavata. Its meaning is [as follows]. Eighty guñjas make one karṣa. The same has the designation of suvarṇa. Four karṣas are one pala. Thus, a vessel should be made of six palas of copper; it should be pierced at the base by means of a needle made of twenty guñjas’ weight of gold and four aṅgulas in length. Through this perforation, by the time a prastha measure of water enters, that bowl sinks in the water, because of the prastha measure of water that filled it [i.e., prastha-jalapūra]. Then that vessel becomes the standard measure for the period of one ghaṭī. There the unit of one prastha contains sixteen palas. [...]”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJalapūra (जलपूर).—
1) a flood of water.
2) a full stream of water.
Derivable forms: jalapūraḥ (जलपूरः).
Jalapūra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and pūra (पूर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryJalapūra (जलपूर).—m. a bed full of water. Duṣpūra, adj., f. rā, difficult to be filled or satisfied.
Jalapūra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and pūra (पूर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jalapūra (जलपूर):—[=jala-pūra] [from jala] m. a full bed (of a river), [Gīta-govinda xi, 25]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a mythic hero, [Vīracarita xv, xxx.]
3) Jālapura (जालपुर):—[=jāla-pura] [from jāla] n. Name of a town, [Kathāsaritsāgara lvi.]
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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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Ends with: Majalapura, Tejalapura, Vijjalapura.
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