Kamacudamani, Kāmacūḍāmaṇi: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Kamachudamani.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKāmacūḍāmaṇi (कामचूडामणि) is the daughter of Sunītha, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 46. Accordingly, as Prahasta related Sūryaprabha’s message to Śrutaśarman, “... and as for your carrying off from her relations the maiden Kāmacūḍāmaṇi, the daughter of Sunītha, who ought not to be approached, set her at liberty, for that is a deed of shame”.
The story of Kāmacūḍāmaṇi 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 Kāmacūḍāmaṇi, 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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