Kanakarekha, Kanakarekhā: 5 definitions

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Kanakarekha means something in 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.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

[«previous next»] — Kanakarekha in Kavya glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Kanakarekhā (कनकरेखा) is the daughter of king Paropakārin and queen Kanakaprabhā according to the “story of the golden city”, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 24. Accordingly, “And in course of time there was born to him by that queen a daughter, who seemed to have been formed by the creator to dash Lakṣmī’s pride in her own beauty. And that moon of the eyes of the world was gradually reared to womanhood by her father, who gave her the name of Kanakarekhā, suggested by her mother’s name Kanakaprabhā....”. The story was told by Śaktivega to Udayana and Vāsavadatta in order to relate his incarnation as a Vidyādhara.

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

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Kanakarekha in Purana glossary
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Kanakarekhā (कनकरेखा).—Daughter of the King of the island of Kanakapurī. By a curse she was born as the daughter of Paropakārī, King of the city of Vardhamāna. A brahmin named Śaktideva married her. (Caturdārikālambaka, Kathāsaritsāgara, Taraṅga 1).

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kanakarekha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kanakarekhā (कनकरेखा):—[=kanaka-rekhā] [from kanaka > kan] f. Name of a woman, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

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Kanakarekha 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.

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