Karatoya, Kara-toya, Karatoyā: 13 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Kavya
India history
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Karatoya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇa

Karatoyā (करतोया).—Name of a river originating from Ṛkṣa, a holy mountain (kulaparvata) in Bhārata, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 85. There are settlements (janapada) where Āryas and Mlecchas dwell who drink water from these rivers.

Bhārata is a region south of Hemādri, once ruled over by Bharata (son of Ṛṣabha), whose ancestral lineage can be traced back to Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Karatoyā (करतोया).—A holy river. This river worships Varuṇa sitting in his court. (Śloka 22, Chapter 9, Sabhā Parva). If one stays on the shores of this river and observes fasting for three days one would get the benefit of performing an Aśvamedha yāga. (Chapter 85, Vana Parva).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Karatoyā (करतोया).—A river of the Bhāratavarṣa.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 100.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Karatoyā (करतोया) refers to the name of a River or Tīrtha (pilgrim’s destination) mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. III.83.3, VI.10.34). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Karatoyā) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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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.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara

Karatoyā (करतोया) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—A sacred river, which is flowing through the districts of Rangpur, Dinājpur and Bogrā in Bengal. It is joining the river Brahmaputra near the Gangetic delta.

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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’.

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Karatoyā (करतोया).—The river Karatoyā was the dividing line between Puṇḍravardhana-bhukti and Kāmarūpa.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karatoyā (करतोया).—f. A river in Bengal (called sadānīrā).

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Karatoyā (करतोया).—Name of a river.

Karatoyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kara and toyā (तोया).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karatoyā (करतोया).—f.

(-yā) The Karatoya river, a river in the north-east of Bengal. E. kara the hand, and toya water: at the wedding of Siva and Parvati, the water which had been poured into the hand of the former, constituted, upon its being thrown on the ground, the source of this river.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karatoyā (करतोया).—i. e. kara-toya, f. The name of a river, Mahābhārata 2, 374.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karatoyā (करतोया):—[=kara-toyā] [from kara] f. Name of a river in the north-east of Bengal (said to have, originated from the water poured into the hand of Śiva at his marriage with Pārvati, and thrown by him on the ground), [Mahābhārata; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karatoyā (करतोया):—[kara-toyā] (yā) 1. f. The Caratoya river.

[Sanskrit to German]

Karatoya 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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