Kamsavadha, Kaṃsavadha, Kamsa-vadha: 6 definitions
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Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature (history)Kaṃsavadha (कंसवध) is the name of a work ascribed to Rāmapāṇivāda (18th Century): a scholar of multi discipline, who flourished in Kerala in the 18th Century. He was a prolific writer both in Sanskrit and Prakrit. Also see the “New Catalogus Catalogorum” XXIV. pp. 173-74.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṃsavadha (कंसवध).—the slaying of Kaṃsa. कंसवधमाचष्टे कंसं घातयति (kaṃsavadhamācaṣṭe kaṃsaṃ ghātayati) Mahābhārata on P.III.1.26.
Derivable forms: kaṃsavadhaḥ (कंसवधः).
Kaṃsavadha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṃsa and vadha (वध). See also (synonyms): kaṃsahanana.
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Kaṃsavadha (कंसवध).—Name of a drama by Śeṣakriṣṇa
Derivable forms: kaṃsavadham (कंसवधम्).
Kaṃsavadha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṃsa and vadha (वध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Kaṃsavadha (कंसवध) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—prākṛtakāvya. Oppert. 5918.
2) Kaṃsavadha (कंसवध):—kāvya, by Rājacūḍāmaṇi. Quoted in his Kāvyadarpaṇa, Hz. Extr. 86.
3) Kaṃsavadha (कंसवध):—nāṭaka, composed at the instance of Giridhārin, son of Ṭoḍara, by Kṛṣṇa or Śeṣakṛṣṇa. Io. 1627. 1859.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṃsavadha (कंसवध):—[=kaṃsa-vadha] [from kaṃsa] m. ‘killing of Kaṃsa’, Name of a drama by Śeṣa-Kṛṣṇa.
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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: Vadha, Kamsa.
Starts with: Kamsavadhakhyana, Kamsavadhanataka.
Full-text: Kamsahanana, Rajacudamani, Yakshakardama, Nrisimha, Cintamani.
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