Kantapati, Kāntāpati, Kaṇṭapaṭi: 2 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKāntāpati (कान्तापति) is the name of a warrior who fought on Śrutaśarman’s side, but was slain by Śatānīka, who fought on Sūryaprabha’s side, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 48. Accordingly: “... then a fight took place between those Vidyādhara princes on the one side and Prabhāsa and his comrades on the other, in which there was a great slaughter of soldiers. And in the single combats between the two hosts many warriors were slain on both sides, men, Asuras and Vidyādharas... and Kāntāpati, [and nine others]—these ten were slain by the Prince Śatānīka”.
The story of Kāntāpati was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kāntāpati, 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
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKaṇṭapaṭi (கண்டபடி) [kaṇṭa-paṭi] adverb < காண்- [kan-] +.
1. As actually seen; பார்த்தவாறு. [parthavaru.]
2. At random; இஷ்டப்படி. கண்டபடி பிதற்றுகிறான். [ishdappadi. kandapadi pitharrugiran.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Eluntapati, Tantukali, Tuppiratanti, Tantimenal, Tattari, Pattimey, Piraku, Ularu.
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