Kanakaksha, Kanakākṣa: 8 definitions
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Kanakaksha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Kanakākṣa can be transliterated into English as Kanakaksa or Kanakaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKanakākṣa (कनकाक्ष).—A soldier of Skandadeva. (Śloka 74, Chapter 45, Śalya Parva).
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesKanakākṣa (कनकाक्ष) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.44.69) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kanakākṣa) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
Kanakākṣa is also mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.44.69) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKanakākṣa (कनकाक्ष) is the name of an ancient king from Hiraṇyapura (in Kaśmīra), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 65. Accordingly, “... in it [Kaśmīra] there was a town named Hiraṇyapura, and there reigned in it a king named Kanakākṣa. And there was born to that king, owing to his having propitiated Śiva, a son named Hiraṇyākṣa, by his wife Ratnaprabhā”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kanakākṣa, 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’.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: LokottaravādaKanakākṣa (कनकाक्ष) is the name of a Buddha under whom Śākyamuni (or Gautama, ‘the historical Buddha’) acquired merit along the first through nine bhūmis, according to the Mahāvastu. There are in total ten bhūmis representing the ten stages of the Bodhisattva’s path towards enlightenment.
Kanakākṣa is but one among the 500 Buddhas enumerated in the Mahāvastu during a conversation between Mahākātyāyana and Mahākāśyapa, both principle disciples of Gautama Buddha. The Mahāvastu is an important text of the Lokottaravāda school of buddhism, dating from the 2nd century BCE.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKanakākṣa (कनकाक्ष).—name of a former Buddha: Mahāvastu i.138.6.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kanakākṣa (कनकाक्ष):—[from kanaka > kan] m. ‘gold-eyed’, Name of a being attendant on Skanda, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] of a king, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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)
Starts with: Kanakakshara.
Full-text: Hiranyaksha, Hiranyapura, Ratnaprabha.
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List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XV - The eighth Bhūmi < [Volume I]
The Nilamata Purana (by Dr. Ved Kumari)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section 45 < [Shalya Parva]
List of Mahabharata tribes (by Laxman Burdak)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXV < [Book X - Śaktiyaśas]