Kumaradatta, Kumāradatta: 7 definitions
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Kumaradatta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Kumāradatta (कुमारदत्त) is the name of a character whose story is told in ‘the mouse merchant’, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara chapter 6.
2) Kumāradatta (कुमारदत्त) is an ambassador (dūta) of king Mandāradeva from Haṃsadvīpa, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 101. Accordingly, as Muni Kaṇva said to Mṛgāṅkadatta in his hermitage: “... and on the next day the king [Mandāradeva] sent off his counter-ambassador [pratidūta], who was a Brāhman named Kumāradatta, to King Mahāsena. And he said to the two ambassadors: ‘Go quickly to that King Mahāsena, the lord of Alakā...’”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kumāradatta, 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.
Source: Wisdom Library: The VetālapañcaviṃśatiKumāradatta (कुमारदत्त) is the name of one of the four sons of Nidhipatidatta, a wealthy merchant and owner of caravans, from the city Puṣkarāvatī, according to the twenty-first story in the Vetālapañcaviṃśati, a Sanskrit work relating the ‘twenty-five stories of a vetāla’. These stories revolve around the Indian King Vikramāditya whose kingdom is threatened by the machinations of a necromancer. Kumāradatta was an expert in the studies of the liberal arts.
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)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKumāradatta (कुमारदत्त).—Guardian of the mother of the Vaiśya called Mūṣika. (See under Mūṣika).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKumāradatta (कुमारदत्त) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Subhāshitāvali by Vallabhadeva]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKumāradatta (कुमारदत्त):—[=kumāra-datta] [from kumāra] m. ‘given by the god of war’, Name of a son of Nidhipati, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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: Datta, Kumara.
Full-text: Prithvirupa, Nidhipatidatta, Candrasvamin.
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Sripura (Archaeological Survey) (by Bikash Chandra Pradhan)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Harsha-charita (by Bāṇabhaṭṭa)