Kanakapura, Kanaka-pura: 6 definitions
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Kanakapura means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Kanakapura (कनकपुर) or Kanakapurī is the name of an ancient city according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 55. Accordingly, “... there was in old time on the banks of the Ganges an excellent city named Kanakapura, the people of which were purified in the water of the river, and which was a delightful place on account of its good government. In this city the only imprisonment seen was the committing to paper of the words of poets, the only kind of defeat was the curling in the locks of the women, the only contest was the struggle of getting the corn into the granary”.
2) Kanakapura according to the seventeenth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 91. Accordingly, “... there was a city of the name of Kanakapura situated on the bank of the Ganges, in which the bounds of virtue were never transgressed, and which was inaccessible to the demon Kali. In it there was a king rightly named Yaśodhana, who, like a rocky coast, protected the earth against the sea of calamity”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kanakapura, 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 Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraKanakapura (कनकपुर) is the name of an ancient city, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.2 [Rāvaṇa’s expedition of conquest] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, as Muni Amitagati said to Añjanā (daughter of Hṛdayasundarī and Mahendra): “[...] Furthermore, in the city Kanakapura there was a king, named Kanakaratha, crest-jewel of great warriors. He had two wives, Kanakodarī and Lakṣmīvatī, and Lakṣmīvatī was always an ardent laywoman. She set up a statue of the Jina made of jewels in the house-shrine, had pūjās made to it and worshipped it twice a day daily. [...]”.
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IKanakapura (कनकपुर) is the name of an ancient city, according to the Rūpasundarīkathā (dealing with the lives of Jain female heroes), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The Rūpasundarīkathā is an itinerary of a lady who was first avert to Jain practice and who, after having listened to the dharma from a monk, was convinced that it was the only refuge. She became a nun and then taught other people. Embedded story 1r Kanakapura, king Kanakaśekhara, Somaśrī a Brahmin lady.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanakapura (कनकपुर):—[=kanaka-pura] [from kanaka > kan] n. Name of several towns.
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Pura, Kanaka.
Full-text: Kanakashekhara, Kanakaratha, Kanakavarsha, Kanakodari, Mithila, Yashodhana, Somashri, Rupasundarikatha, Rupasundari, Sangamasvamin, Unmadini, Bandhuprabha, Priyadarshana, Itagi, Bandhumitra, Yashodhara, Lakshmivati, Baladhara.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 3: Previous birth of Añjanā < [Chapter III - Hanumat’s birth and Varuṇa’s subjection]
Part 14: Seventh incarnation as Śaṅkha < [Chapter I - Previous incarnations of Ariṣṭanemi (Nemi)]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)