Katahadvipa, Kaṭāhadvīpa, Kataha-dvipa: 1 definition
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKaṭāhadvīpa (कटाहद्वीप) or simply Kaṭāha is the name of an island (dvīpa) according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 56. Accordingly, “... when the Brāhman [Candrasvāmin] heard that, he went [from the isle Nārikela] in a ship with the merchant Dānavarman to this island of Kaṭāha-dvīpa. There he heard that the merchant Kanakavarman had gone from that island to an island named Karpūra”.
Kaṭāhadvīpa is also mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 123. Accordingly, “... there is a dvīpa named Kaṭāha, the home of all felicities. In it there is a king rightly named Guṇasāgara. He had born to him by his principal queen a daughter named Guṇavatī, who by her beauty produced astonishment even in the Creator who made her”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kaṭāhadvīpa, 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: Kataha, Dvipa.
Full-text: Kataha, Gunasagara, Gunavati, Devasmita.
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