Kancanashringa, Kāñcanaśṛṅga: 5 definitions
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Kancanashringa 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.
The Sanskrit term Kāñcanaśṛṅga can be transliterated into English as Kancanasrnga or Kancanashringa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kanchanashringa.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇaKāñcanaśṛṅga (काञ्चनशृङ्ग) is another name for Deviṣṭha, one of the seven major mountains in Krauñcadvīpa, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 88. All of these mountains are tall and filled with gems. Krauñcadvīpa is one of the seven islands (dvīpa), ruled over by Jyotiṣmān, one of the ten sons of Priyavrata, son of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
The Varāhapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and Sūta is the main narrator.
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: KathāsaritsāgaraKāñcanaśṛṅga (काञ्चनशृङ्ग) or Kāñcanaśṛṅgaka is the name of a golden city situated on the mountain named Himavat, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 35. Accordingly, “on it [Himavat] there is a golden city called Kāñcanaśṛṅga, which gleams refulgent with brightness, like the palace of the Sun. It extends many yojanas, and in it there lives a king of the Vidyādharas named Hemaprabha, who is a firm votary of the husband of Umā”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kāñcanaśṛṅga, 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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāñcanaśṛṅga (काञ्चनशृङ्ग):—[=kāñcana-śṛṅga] [from kāñcana > kāñc] n. Name of a mythical town, [ib.]
[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: Shringa, Kancana.
Starts with: Kancanashringaka.
Full-text: Kancanashringaka, Sphatikayashas, Alankaraprabha, Devishtha, Hemaprabha, Krauncadvipa, Shaktiyashas.
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