Kalakampana, Kālakampana: 1 definition
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Kālakampana (कालकम्पन) is one of the four lords of the Asuras (asurādhipa) and considered a kings over chiefs of hosts of transcendent warriors (atiratha) in Sunītha and Sūryaprabha’s army, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 47. Accordingly, as the Asura Maya explained the arrangement of warriors in Sunītha’s army: “... and Mahāmāya, and Kāmbalika, and Kālakampana here, and Prahṛṣṭaroman, these four lords of the Asuras, are kings over chiefs of hosts of transcendent warriors”.
In chapter 48, Kālakampana is depicted as a great warrior (mahāratha). Accordingly, “... and Sūryaprabha, seeing that he [Prabhāsa] had entered alone, sent fifteen great warriors to follow him, [Kālakampana and others]: all those great warriors rushed forward to the opening in the line; then Dāmodara exhibited his wonderful heroism, in that alone he fought with those fifteen”.
2) Kālakampana (कालकम्पन) is also the name of a Vidyādhara fighting on the side of Śrutaśarman, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 47. Accordingly, “... then the two armies were dispirited, seeing those two warriors [Cakravāla and Nirghāta] dead, but nevertheless a king of the Vidyādharas, named Kālakampana, stepped forward to the front of the fight. And a prince, named Prakampana, attacked him, but he was in a moment struck down by that Kālakampana”.
The story of Kālakampana was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kālakampana, 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’.
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