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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Khaṇḍavaṭaka (खण्डवटक) is the name of an ancient village near the district Oṃkārapīṭha, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 124. Accordingly, “... my good fellow, go towards the northern quarter, through Oṃkārapīṭha; there live on the proceeds of a village of the name of Khaṇḍavaṭaka, which I give you by this grant; you will find it by asking your way as you go along”.

Also, “... when the Rākṣasa had told him [Kṛṣṇaśakti] this, he went on, and reached that main street, and entered that city [Khaṇḍavaṭaka], which, though of heavenly beauty, was deserted and awe-inspiring. And in it he entered the palace, which was surrounded with seven zones, and ascended the upper storey of it, which was made of jewels and gold. There he saw a gem-bestudded throne, and he sat down on it”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Khaṇḍavaṭaka, 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.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Khaṇḍavaṭaka (खण्डवटक):—[=khaṇḍa-vaṭaka] [from khaṇḍa > khaṇḍ] m. n. Name of a village or town, [Kathāsaritsāgara cxxiv.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Khandavataka in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Vataka, Khanda.

Full-text: Omkarapitha.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Khandavataka, Khaṇḍavaṭaka, Khanda-vataka, Khaṇḍa-vaṭaka; (plurals include: Khandavatakas, Khaṇḍavaṭakas, vatakas, vaṭakas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter CXXIV < [Book XVIII - Viṣamaśīla]

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