Krishnadatta, Kṛṣṇadatta: 6 definitions

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Krishnadatta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Kṛṣṇadatta can be transliterated into English as Krsnadatta or Krishnadatta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त) is an example of a Vaiṣṇavite name mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. Classification of personal names according to deities (e.g., from Vaiṣṇavism) were sometimes used by more than one person and somehow seem to have been popular. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Derivation of personal names (e.g., Kṛṣṇadatta) during the rule of the Guptas followed patterns such as tribes, places, rivers and mountains.

Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)

Kṛṣṇadatta is the name of an ancient king mentioned in the “Pedda-Dugam plates of Śatrudamana” (5th century A. D.). The name of Vaidya Kṛṣṇadatta, who was the dūta or executor of the grant, occurs in line 24 with which the document ends.

These plates (mentioning Kṛṣṇadatta) were discovered in the course of digging the earth for the foundation of a house at the village of Pedda-Dugam in the Narasannapet Taluk of the Srikakulam District, Andhra State. It was issued to the villagers headed by Brāhmaṇas and others, residing at the three localities called Duhāgrāma, Vasuvāṭaka and Govāṭaka.

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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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Kāśīnātha, grandfather of Balabhadra (Mahānāṭakaṭīkā). Bp. 357.

2) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—a writer on music. Quoted in Saṃgītanārayaṇa. Oxf. 201^a.

3) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—Karmakaumudī [dharma] Oudh. Vi, 10.

4) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—Dravyaguṇadīpikā med. Oudh. Ix, 26. Śataślokiṭīkā med. Np. V, 30.

5) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—Manoramā Siddhāntamanoramāṭīkā. Np. I, 122.

6) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—Śāstrasaṃgraha, vaiṣṇava. L. 2880.

7) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—son of Brahmadatta: Caraṇavyūhabhāṣya. Oudh. Iii, 8.

8) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—son of Sadārāma and Ānandadevī: Rādhārahasyakāvya. Peters. 3, 362. Sāndrakutūhalaprahasana. Peters. 3, 359. 397.

9) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—read Manoramā Nyāyasiddhāntamuktāvalīṭīkā.

10) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—son of Śivadatta: Dravyaguṇaśataślokīṭīkā med.

11) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—son of Āvasathika Brahmadatta: Karmakaumudī.

12) Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—son of Bhaveśa: Gītagovindaṭīkā Gaṅgā.

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

Kṛṣṇadatta (कृष्णदत्त):—[=kṛṣṇa-datta] [from kṛṣṇa] m. ‘given by Kṛṣṇa’, Name of the author of a work on music.

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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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