Kuvalayamala, Kuvalaya-mala, Kuvalayamālā: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraKuvalayamālā (कुवलयमाला) refers to a type of syllabic metre (vṛtta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the first, the eighth, the ninth and the tenth syllables of a foot (pāda) are heavy (guru), while the rest of the syllables are light (laghu). It is also known by the name Paṇava.
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Kuvalayamālā falls in the Paṅkti class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four pādas (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’) containing ten syllables each.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureKuvalayamālā (कुवलयमाला) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) defined by Bharata, to which Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) assigned the alternative name of Paṇava in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of gaṇas or letters do not differ.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKuvalayamālā (कुवलयमाला) is the name of a horse (aśva) in the army of king Vikramāditya from Ujjayinī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 121. Accordingly, “... and the following speeches of the military officers, assigning elephants and horses, were heard in the neighbourhood of the city [Ujjayinī] when the kings started, and within the city itself when the sovereign started: ‘[...] and Kirtivarman [must take] the black Konkan mare Kuvalayamālā...’”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kuvalayamālā, 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.
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: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Kuvalayamālā (कुवलयमाला) is the name of a Prakrit Campu written by Uddyotanasuri (779 A.D.), according to “A Cultural note on the Kuvalayamala of Uddyotanasuri” by the late Dr. V. s. Agrawala.—The Kuvalayamala is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. It had long been known in manuscripts form. It has been edited and printed by Dr. A. N. Upadhye who has very kindly invited me to make a study of the text from the cultural point of view. Obviously the material belongs to the post-Harsha period when the three great empires of the Gurjara Pratihara in the North, Rashtrakutas in the Deccan and Palas in the Eastern India had been established. That played a magnificent role in the glorious rehabilitations of art, literature, philosophy, culture and commerce.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuvalayamālā (कुवलयमाला):—[=kuvalaya-mālā] [from kuvalaya] f. Name of a mare, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Kuvalaya, Maala, Mala.
Starts with: Kuvalayamalakatha.
Full-text (+842): Vedi, Pavillion, Pounding, Arranging, Fire altar, Sleeveless, Half-sleeve, White-washing, Bunting, Peacock feather, Colouring, Kurpasaka, Sewing, Decorating, Kalaya, Mala, Hamsagamana, Kakkasa, Huna, Paravaya.
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Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 12 - The Viddhaśālabhañjikā of Rājaśekhara < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)
The General Study of Jainism < [Chapter 1 - Introduction and Scope of the Present Study]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CXXI < [Book XVIII - Viṣamaśīla]