Keshavadasa, Keśavadāsa, Keshava-dasa: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Keśavadāsa can be transliterated into English as Kesavadasa or Keshavadasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (hinduism)Keśavadāsa (केशवदास) is the author of various works (e.g., Kavipriyā and Rasikapriyā) which were commented upon by Sūrata Miśra, who is also the author of the Amaracandrikā by (dealing with Poetics and Erotics), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—Sūrata Miśra was a Brahman of Agra who has at least ten works to his credit, several of which testify to his sustained interest in poetics, understood as rhetorical figures, classification of female characters in relation to love and esthetics. This trend is illustrated by his commentaries on Keśavdās’s Kavipriyā and Rasikapriyā, and by the present work which was composed in VS 1794 = 1737 century.
India history and geography
Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)Keśavadāsa is one of the Brāhmaṇa donees mentioned in the “Asankhali plates of Narasiṃha II” (1302 A.D.). When a grant was made to a large number of Brāhmaṇas, the chief amongst the donees seems to have been called Pānīyagrāhin especially. In the present record, though all the donees (e.g., Keśavadāsa) are referred to as Pāṇigrāhi-mahājana, their list is headed by a Brāhmaṇa with Pāṇigrahī as his surname.
These copper plates (mentioning Keśavadāsa) were discovered from the house of a Santal inhabitant of Pargana Asankhali in the Mayurbhanj State (Orissa). It was made when king Vīra-Narasiṃhadeva was staying at the Bhairavapura-kaṭaka (city, camp or residence).
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKeśavadāsa (केशवदास) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Ahalyākāmadhenu. read Np. V, 60. He wrote also a book called Rāmārcanaratnākara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKeśavadāsa (केशवदास):—[=keśava-dāsa] [from keśava > keśa] m. Name of several authors.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kesava, Dasa, Taca.
Starts with: Keshavadasa khushali.
Full-text: Indrajit, Kavipriya, Jivanarama, Ramarcanaratnakara, Mishrakeshava, Ahalyakamadhenu, Keshavadasa khushali, Rasikapriya, Surata, Alamkara, Nayika, Rasa, Surati, Nayikabheda, Bhagavatapurana.
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