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Kavya (poetry)

Lalaḍḍimba (ललड्डिम्ब) is a variant spelling for Lasaḍḍimba (“top”) which is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 22.53 (v.r. lalaḍḍimba or lalaḍimba).—See notes for the variant.—Cf. the Bengali word Lāṭima, “a top”; Assamese “‘lāḍimba’ iti nāma”. [...] The word lalaḍḍimba seems to have been corrupted into laḍaḍḍimba, whence lāḍimba and lāṭima followed.

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

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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’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Laladḍimba (ललद्डिम्ब).—a top (bhavarā in Mar.) बालेन नक्तंसमयेन मुक्तं रौप्यं ललड्डिम्बमिवेन्दुबिम्बम् (bālena naktaṃsamayena muktaṃ raupyaṃ lalaḍḍimbamivendubimbam) (lasaḍḍimbam v. l.) N.22.53.

Derivable forms: laladḍimbam (ललद्डिम्बम्).

Laladḍimba is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms lalat and ḍimba (डिम्ब).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

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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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Partial matches: Dimba, Lalat.

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