Kumaradasa, Kumara-dasa, Kumāradāsa: 8 definitions
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Kumaradasa 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Kumāradāsa (कुमारदास).—He was a king of Ceylon and a son of Kumāramaṇi who died on the battle field. He was brought up by his mother’s brother Śrīmegha and Agrabodhi. Rājaśekhara in his Kāvyamīmāṃsā mentions Kumāradāsa as a poet born blind. The Colophon at the end of the first canto of Jāhakīharaṇa refers to Kumāradāsa as belonging to Ceylon. He is probably the same as king Kumāradhātusena who ruled Ceylon according to Mahāvaṃśa in 515-524 A.D. His Jānakīharaṇa, a poem in twenty cantos, describes the story of Rāma and the abduction of Sītā by Rāvaṇa. Soḍḍhala vaguely mentions him along with Bhāsa and others.
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’.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Kumāradāsa (कुमारदास).—A Sanskrit poet of the 7th century A.D. His chief work is the great poem called Jānakīharaṇam consisting of twenty cantos.
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
Kumaradasa was the celebrated Sri Lankan author of Janaki Harana Kavya. He was the contemporary of Kalidasa. Pujavali of Mayurapada Thera (3rd century) identifies the King Kumara Dhatusena (718-709 BCE) with Kumaradasa and refers to his tragic end at the funeral pyre of his friend Kalidasa.
A Simhalese work “Parakramabahu Charita” also mentions the story of Kumaradasa and Kalidasa. The Simhalese works like Nikaya Samgraha, Saddharma Ratnakara, Rajaratnakara, and Rajavali also mention that Kumaradasa II was a contemporary of Kalidasa.
Kumāradāsa (कुमारदास) 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, Kumāradāsa) 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kumāradāsa (कुमारदास) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. Quoted by Kṣemendra in Aucityavicāracarcā 24, Śp. p. 17. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa] [Subhāshitāvali by Vallabhadeva] Rāyamukuṭa: Jānakīharaṇa. Academy 1885, 277.
Kumāradāsa (कुमारदास):—[=kumāra-dāsa] [from kumāra] m. Name of a poet
Kumāradāsa (कुमारदास):—(ku + 1. dāsa)
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Dichters [Oxforder Handschriften 123,b,29.] —
2) f. ī schon als Mädchen eine Dienerin gaṇa śramaṇādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 70.]
Kumāradāsa (कुमारदास):——
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Dichters. —
2) *f. ī schon als junges Mädchen eine Sclavin.
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 (+0): Kumara, Taca, Dasa.
Full-text (+0): Kumaradhatusena, Kumaradasi, Janakiharana, Nagirikanda, Kabuba, Nilasa, Mahagariya, Cugariya, Katacanakapula.
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Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Chapter 15.1 - Introduction to Poetry and Mahakavyas < [Section 4 - Classical Sanskrit literature]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Musical Instruments in Sanskrit Literature (by S. Karthick Raj KMoundinya)
Musical Instruments in the Janakiharana of Kumaradasa < [Chapter 3 - Musical Instruments of India (with reference to Sanskrit literary sources)]
References to Musical Instruments by Kalidasa < [Chapter 3 - Musical Instruments of India (with reference to Sanskrit literary sources)]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 8 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 1]
Kamashastra and Classical Sanskrit literature (study) (by Vishwanath K. Hampiholi)
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