Kamalakara, Kamalākara, Kamala-akara: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Kamalākara (कमलाकर) is the son of king Vimalākara from Kośalā, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 71. Accordingly, as a wandering man said to Bhīmaparākrama: “... in the city of Kośalā there was a king named Vimalākara, and he had a son named Kamalākara, who was made by the Creator admirable in respect of the qualities of courage, beauty and generosity, as if to outdo Skanda, Kandarpa and the wishing-tree of heaven...”.
2) Kamalākara (कमलाकर) is the name of a Brāhman, according to the twenty-first story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 95. Accordingly, “... she [Anaṅgamañjarī] saw a young Brāhman, named Kamalākara, the son of the king’s chaplain, passing by, and he looked like the God of Love, risen from his ashes, going to find Rati. And when Kamalākara saw that lovely one overhead, like the orb of the moon, he was full of joy, and became like a cluster of kumuda flowers”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kamalākara, 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKamalākara (कमलाकर).—
1) an assemblage of lotuses. हरिदश्वः कमलाकरान् (haridaśvaḥ kamalākarān).
2) a lake full of lotuses.
Derivable forms: kamalākaraḥ (कमलाकरः).
Kamalākara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kamala and ākara (आकर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKamalākara (कमलाकर).—name of a certain laudation (stava) of ‘all the Buddhas’: Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 45.1, 5 (chapter IV, entitled Kama- lākaraparivarta); 51.9 (but here text corrupt); 54.14.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKamalākara (कमलाकर).—m.
(-raḥ) A lake, &c. where lotuses abound. E. kamala, and ākara a mine.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Kamalākara (कमलाकर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—son of Caturbhuja: Ghaṭakarparaṭīkā. Io. 2525. Gu. 4.
2) Kamalākara (कमलाकर):—son of Nṛsiṃha, son of Kṛṣṇa, son of Divākara, son of Rāma, pupil of Viśveśvara, astronomer: Apūrvabhāvanopapatti. Ben. 29. Jātakatilaka. L. 1896. Jyotpattivicāra. Ben. 29. Triśatī. Sūcīpattra. 17. Manoramā Grahalāghavaṭīkā. K. 236. Śeṣāṅkagaṇanā. Peters. 3, 398. Siddhāntatattvaviveka, written at Benares in 1503. Io. 34. 35. Cambr. 56. L. 1865. Ben. 29. 31. Np. Vi, 62. Sūryasiddhāntaṭīkā Sauravāsanā. Ben. 28. 29 (2). Poona. 556.
3) Kamalākara (कमलाकर):—son of Nṛsiṃha: Siddhāntatattvaviveka, written at Benares in 1658. Sūryasiddhāntaṭīkā. delete Ben. 29 (2).
4) Kamalākara (कमलाकर):—son of Lambodara, father of Śaṅkara (Tārārahasyavṛttikā).
5) Kamalākara (कमलाकर):—son of Caturbhuja: Harivilāsaṭīkā.
6) Kamalākara (कमलाकर):—son of Rāmakṛṣṇa Bhaṭṭa: Tithinirṇaya. Paśuprayoga.
7) Kamalākara (कमलाकर):—son of Caturbhuja: C. on the Ghaṭakarpara.
8) Kamalākara (कमलाकर):—son of Rāmakṛṣṇa: Aindrī Mahāśānti. Aurdhvadehikapaddhati. Kārtavīryārjunadīpadāna. Tulādānaprayoga. Mīmāṃsākutūhala (?). Rājyābhiṣekaprayoga. Ṣoḍaśamāhādānavidhi.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kamalākara (कमलाकर):—[from kamala > kam] m. a mass of lotuses
2) [v.s. ...] a lake or pool where lotuses abound, [Rāmāyaṇa; Ratnāvalī etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of the author of a commentary on the Mitākṣarā, and of several other authors and men
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKamalākara (कमलाकर):—[kamalā+kara] (raḥ) 1. m. A lotus lake.
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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 corpusKamalākara (ಕಮಲಾಕರ):—
1) [noun] a pond, lake abounding with lotus plants.
2) [noun] a multitude of lotus flowers.
3) [noun] the sun.
4) [noun] the moon.
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: Akara, Kamala.
Starts with: Kamalakara bhatta, Kamalakarabhikshu, Kamalakaradeva, Kamalakaratirthayatra.
Ends with: Candrakamalakara, Danakamalakara, Mantrakamalakara, Nirnayakamalakara, Nitikamalakara, Pratishthakamalakara, Prayashcittakamalakara, Purtakamalakara, Rajanaka kamalakara, Samayakamalakara, Samskarakamalakara, Shantikamalakara, Shesha kamalakara, Sheshakamalakara, Shudrakamalakara, Vratakamalakara, Vyavaharakamalakara.
Full-text (+270): Danakamalakara, Vratakamalakara, Nitikamalakara, Mantrakamalakara, Sheshankaganana, Sheshakamalakara, Samayakamalakara, Tulapaddhati, Samskarakamalakara, Vyavaharakamalakara, Dharmatattva, Kalika, Vighatana, Kamalakaratirthayatra, Ashvalayanashakhashraddhaprayoga, Agninirnaya, Karmavipakaratna, Jatakatilaka, Shatacandisahasracandiprayoga, Narayanabaliprayoga.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XCV < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Chapter LXXI < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Vetāla 21: Anaṅgamañjarī, her Husband Maṇivarman and the Brāhman Kamalākara < [Appendix 6.1 - The Twenty-five Tales of a Vetāla]
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Rajaraja II (A.D. 1150-1163 A.D.) < [Chapter 1]
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
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