Kamalila, Kāmalīlā, Kama-lila: 3 definitions
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Kamalila means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Kāmalīlā (कामलीला) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Kāmalīlā has 35 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 7 pañcamātras.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKāmalīlā (कामलीला) refers to the wife of king Vikramāditya, according to the Śukasaptati chapter 5.—Accordingly, “[...] in the Śukasaptati we find that the supposed sensitiveness of Kāmalīlā, the beloved wife of King Vikramāditya, is used as a cloak to her unchastity. Bālapaṇḍitā, the clever daughter of the king’s private chaplain, realises why the fish laughed, but hesitates to say. After several digressions, which form subsequent tales, a learned Brāhman, by name Puṣpahāsa, who had never been known to laugh himself, is asked to solve the mystery. On hearing the details he bursts out laughing and strikes the queen in the face with some flowers. She at once falls unconscious, and is tended by the enraged king”.
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’.
India history and geography
Source: Triveni: Journal (history)Kamalila is the name of a Poetess mentioned in the Rajasekhara-charita.—The classical Sanskrit and Prakrit literature has distinguished itself by the contribution of women [viz., Kamalila] with an extraordinarily high calibre and simultaneously by their occupying a very significant position in the society of the day. The literature also distinguishes itself by immortalizing brave women. Women also were well-versed in the arts and possessed scholarship. [...] The Rajasekhara-charita mentions poetesses [viz., Kamalila, etc.].
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.12.235-240 < [Chapter 12 - The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvīpa]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Notes on the motif of laughter < [Notes]
Vetāla 11: King Dharmadhvaja and his Three Very Sensitive Wives < [Appendix 6.1 - The Twenty-five Tales of a Vetāla]
Contribution of Women to Sanskrit Literature < [April – June, 1985]