Karpurasambhava, Karpūrasambhava, Karpura-sambhava: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKarpūrasambhava (कर्पूरसम्भव) is the name of an island mentioned to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 42. Accordingly, as a female ascetic said to Naravāhanadatta: “there is on the other side of the sea a city named Karpūrasambhava; in it there is a king rightly named Karpūraka...”.
According to chapter 43, “he [Naravāhanadatta] ascended that sky-travelling chariot, swift as thought, together with Gomukha, and crossed the deep, the home of monsters, that agitated its waves as if exulting to behold his valour, and reached the city of Karpūrasambhava on its shore. There the chariot descended from the sky, and he and Gomukha left it, and out of curiosity wandered about inside the town. And by questioning the people he found out that he had indeed without doubt reached the desired city, and, delighted, he went to the neighbourhood of the palace”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Karpūrasambhava, 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’.
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Partial matches: Karpura, Shambhava.
Full-text: Buddhikari, Karpuraka, Karpurika, Pranadhara, Mayavati.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)