Khadgadamshtra, Khaḍgadaṃṣṭrā: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Khaḍgadaṃṣṭrā can be transliterated into English as Khadgadamstra or Khadgadamshtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKhaḍgadaṃṣṭrā (खड्गदंष्ट्रा) is the daughter of king Vīrabhuja and queen Madanadaṃṣṭrā , according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 42. Accordingly, as Khaḍgadaṃṣṭrā said to Indīvarasena: “... in this city of Śailpura there lived a king of the name of Vīrabhuja, and this is his wife Madanadaṃṣṭrā, and this Rākṣasa came and devoured him by the help of his magic power. And he ate up his attendants, but he did not eat this Madanadaṃṣṭrā, whom alone he spared because she was beautiful, but he made her his wife”.
The story of Khaḍgadaṃṣṭrā and Vīrabhuja was narrated by Gomukha to Naravāhanahatta in order to demonstrate that “the great must endure great pains and gain great glory, but others have little pain and little glory”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Khaḍgadaṃṣṭrā, 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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