Kaviraja, Kavirāja, Kavi-raja: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKavirāja (कविराज).—A Sanskrit poet who lived in India in the 12th Century A.D. His chief works are "Rāghavapāṇḍavīya" and "Pārijātaharaṇa". His real name was Mādhavabhaṭṭa.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryKavirāja.—(IA 26), title; sometimes found also among the Musalmans. Note: kavirāja is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
Source: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts, volume 3, part 1: SaduktikarnamritaKavirāja (कविराज) is the name of a Poet mentioned in the 13th century Saduktikarṇāmrita by Śrīdhara Dāsa (son of Vaṭu Dāsa) who was a chief over several districts (called a mahāmaṇḍalika).—The Sadukti-Karnamrita is a collection of miscellaneous verses by different authors and on various subjects, five verses being devoted to each subject. There are 446 poets identified (for example, Kavirāja) some of which in the feminine gender (intended for females) while others are of Buddhist monks etc.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKavirāja (कविराज).—
1) a great poet; श्रीहर्षं कविराजराजिमुकुटालङ्कारहीरः सुतम् (śrīharṣaṃ kavirājarājimukuṭālaṅkārahīraḥ sutam) occurring in the last verse of every canto of Naiṣadha Charita.
2) Name of a poet, author of a poem called राघवपाण्डवीय (rāghavapāṇḍavīya).
Derivable forms: kavirājaḥ (कविराजः).
Kavirāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kavi and rāja (राज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKavirāja (कविराज).—[masculine] king of poets; [Name] of a poet.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Kavirāja (कविराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Śrīpāla.
2) Kavirāja (कविराज):—poet, an ancestor of Rājaśekhara. Śp. p. 77. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]
3) Kavirāja (कविराज):—Ānandalaharīṭīkā. Oudh. X, 22.
4) Kavirāja (कविराज):—lived under king Kāmadeva of Jayantīpurī: Rākṣasakāvyaṭīkā. L. 2821. Rāghavapāṇḍavīya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kavirāja (कविराज):—[=kavi-rāja] [from kavi] m. a king of poets, [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti iv, 1, 10]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of the author of the Rāghavapāṇḍavīya, [Bālarāmāyaṇa viii, 20]
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 5 - Rājaśekhara’s Province and Religion < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Part 8 - Rājaśekhara and Prākṛita Language < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Part 22 - The Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Rājaśekhara: A General Introduction < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 12 - Mercurial operations (10): Swallowing of metals of Mercury (grasana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - Caitanya’s Biographers < [Chapter XXXII - Caitanya and his Followers]
Part 4 - Gleanings from the Caitanya-caritāmṛta < [Chapter XXXII - Caitanya and his Followers]
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