Kumaranandin, Kumāranandin: 2 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (Kāvya)Kumāranandin (कुमारनन्दिन्) (alias Aṇaṃgaseṇa) is the name of a silversmith who became the God Vidyunmālin, as mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—Accordingly, “In love with two Vyantarī (i.e., Vyantara-women), Hāsā and Prahāsā, the silversmith Kumāranandin decides to join them on the island Pañcaśaila. Despite the opposition of his friend Nagila, he therefore undertakes a fast to the death. Upon his death, he becomes the god Vidyunmālin. Meanwhile, his friend, a convert to Jainism, became a sky god Acyuta upon his death. The gods come to meet. The old friend explains to Nagila what brought him this rebirth. Awakened, Vidyunmālin asks what work of merit he can accomplish: the statue of sandalwood”.
Cf. Āvaśyakacūrṇi I 397.5-398.14; Āvasyakaniryukti (Haribhadra commentary) b.3-a.l; Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya (v. 5225) 1388.29-1389.4; NiBh 140.5-142.2 (named Aṇaṃgaseṇa); Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra X.ll.v. 332-381: Johnson VI p. 285-289.
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’.
India history and geography
Source: archive.org: Epigraphia Indica Vol. 1 (1892)Kumāranandin (कुमारनन्दिन्) is the name of a Brāhman mentioned in the Pallava grant of king Śivaskandavarman. He is als known as Kumāranaṃdi (Kumāranandi). The Prākrit Pallava king Śivaskandavarman of Kāñcī, who was affiliated to the Brahmanical gotra of the Bhāradvājas, confirmed and enlarged, in the eighth year of his reign, a donation, made formerly by the great king, the lord Bappa (i.e., probably his father), to certain Brahmans (e.g., Kumāranandin), who resided at Āpiṭṭi or Āpiṭṭī, and were bhojakas, i.e., probably freeholders of the vilalge Chillarekakoḍuṃka or Chillerekakoḍuṃka.
According to the 4th century Pallava grant, “... and we grant here an immunity (viz.) the garden in Chillarekakoḍuṃka, which was formerly given by the great king, the lord Bappa, a giver of many krors of gold and of one hundred thousand ox-ploughs,—while he made (the gift) a means of the increase of the merit, longevity, power and fame of (his) own family and race —to the Brāhmans, freeholders of Chillarekakoḍuṃka (and) inhabitants of Āpiṭṭi, (viz.) ... to the four brothers Kumāranaṃdi/Kumāranandi (Kumāranandin), Kumārasama (Kumāraśarman), Koṭṭasama (Koṭṭaśarman) and Satti (Śakti) of the Kosika (Kauśika) gotra four shares of the produce ...”
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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Full-text: Anangasena, Nagila, Budh, Kumaranandi, Hasa, Prahasa, Vidyunmalin, Kottasharman, Kottasama, Shakti, Satti.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 7: The story of Kumāranandin and Nagila < [Chapter XI - The story of Rauhiṇeya]
Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)