In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Kamalamati (कमलमति) is the warder of king Udayatuṅga from Ahicchatrā, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 72. Accordingly, as a female ascetic said to Guṇākara: “... in [Ahicchatrā] there dwelt of old time a mighty king, of the name of Udayatuṅga. And he had a noble warder named Kamalamati. This warder had a matchless son named Vinītamati”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kamalamati, 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’.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Kamalamati (कमलमति) refers to the “(pure) mind of a lotus”, according to the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi [i.e., Cakrasamvara Meditation] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Held by the left arm, the pure mind of a lotus (kamalamati-sita), now a banner full of blood, A kālpā after the first, surrounded by a head, a half a head of loose hair”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kamalamati (कमलमति):—[=kamala-mati] [from kamala > kam] m. Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kamalamati 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kamala, Mati.

Full-text: Mati, Vinitamati, Udayatunga.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Kamalamati, Kamala-mati; (plurals include: Kamalamatis, matis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter LXXII < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]

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