Kauravya: 14 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Kauravya (कौरव्य).—A noble serpent which was born of Airāvata. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 218, Stanza 18).
Kauravya (कौरव्य).—A sage.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 200. 7.
Kauravya (कौरव्य) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.35.13, I.52.11, I.57, , II.31.8, II.48.24, V.101.15/V.103, VI.10.53, VIII.30.73) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kauravya) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
Kauravya is the name of a Serpent (sarpa) mentioned in the thirty-fifth chapter (verses 4-17) of the Ādiparva of the Mahābhārata.—Accordingly, Sauti, on being implored by Śaunaka to name all the serpents in the course of the sarpa-sattra, tells him that it is humanly impossible to give a complete list because of their sheer multiplicity; but would name the prominent ones in accordance with their significance [e.g., Kauravya].
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kauravya (कौरव्य).—[kuru-ṇya P.IV.1.151]
1) A descendant of Kuru; कौरव्यवंशदावेऽस्मिन् क एष शलभायते (kauravyavaṃśadāve'smin ka eṣa śalabhāyate) Ve.1.19; कौरव्याः पशवः प्रियापरिभवक्लेशोपशान्तिः फलम् (kauravyāḥ paśavaḥ priyāparibhavakleśopaśāntiḥ phalam) 25; कौरव्ये कृतहस्तता पुनरियं देवे यथा सीरिणि (kauravye kṛtahastatā punariyaṃ deve yathā sīriṇi) 6.12.
2) A ruler of the Kurus.
Derivable forms: kauravyaḥ (कौरव्यः).
Kauravya (कौरव्य).—(= Pali Koravya, which is read in best ms. of Avadāna-śataka also), name of a king of Sthūlakoṣṭhaka: Avadāna-śataka ii.118.6.
Kauravya (कौरव्य).—m.
(-vyaḥ) An ancestor or descendant of Kuru. E. kuru, and ṇya aff.
Kauravya (कौरव्य).—i. e. kuru + ya, I. m. 1. A descendant of Kuru, Mahābhārata 14, 2521. 2. The name of a Nāga or serpent, Mahābhārata 1, 5558. Ii. adj. Belonging to the Kurus, Mahābhārata 14, 2484.
Kauravya (कौरव्य).—[masculine] the same, also [Name] of a people.
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Kauravya (कौरव्य).—[masculine] the same, also [Name] of a people.
1) Kauravya (कौरव्य):—[from kaurava] m. (gaṇas tikādi and bhargādi) [patronymic] [from] Kuru, descendant of Kuru, [Atharva-veda xx, 127, 8] (kauravya), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xii; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Nāga (father of Ulūpī), [Mahābhārata i]
3) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] = pāṇḍavās, [Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a people, [Mahābhārata vi, 362.]
Kauravya (कौरव्य):—(vyaḥ) 1. m. Idem.
Kauravya (कौरव्य):—dass. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 151. 172. 19.] gaṇa tikādi zu [?154. Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 10. Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20, 127, 8. The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 12, 9, 3, 3. Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 12, 17, 2. Mahābhārata 14, 2521. Nalopākhyāna 5, 29. Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 22, 18. 24, 44 u.s.w.] kauravyāḥ = pāṇḍavāḥ [Hiḍimbavadha 1, 19.] ein Volksstamm [Mahābhārata 6, 362.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 192.] kauravyā brāhmaṇāḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 151,] [Scholiast 2, 4, 58,] [Scholiast] — Kauravya Nomen proprium eines Nāga, des Vaters der Ulūpl, [Mahābhārata 1, 1558. 7789. 7793. fgg.] fem. gaṇa bhargādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 178.] — kauravyaṃ (!) gāndhāraviṣayam [Mahābhārata 14, 2484.]
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Kauravya (कौरव्य):—am Schluss, die ed. Bomb. des [Mahābhārata] liest [14, 2484] kauravya (also voc.) gā .
Kauravya (कौरव्य):—(AV.) und kauravya ([Śatapathabrāhmaṇa]) m. —
1) dass. Pl. = paṇḍavāḥ und alsNomen proprium eines Volkes. —
2) Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons.
Kauravyā (कौरव्या) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Koraviā, Koravva.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kauravya (ಕೌರವ್ಯ):—[noun] = ಕೌರವ [kaurava]2 - 1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Kauravyayana, Kauravyayani, Kauravyayaniputra.
Full-text (+9): Ulupi, Kauravyayana, Kauravyayani, Korabya, Kakshivata, Koravia, Shpha, Koravva, Kurvadi, Kauriyan, Kumaraka, Ulumpa, Vimardana, Shamtanu, Pratara, Bahuka, Aharana, Airavata, Nya, Asada.
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