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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: A critical appreciation of soddhalas udayasundarikatha

Māyurāja (मायुराज).—Māyurāja (or Matrarāja) was a Kālacūri king who ruLled over the Cedi country with his capital at Māhiṣmati. He was the son of Narendravardhana. The word Mayurāja seems to be a version of the Prakrit Ma-u-rāja and Soḍḍhala refers to him as such along with Sāmantas Vākpatirāja and Viśākhadeva. Māyurāja’s plays, Udattarāghava and Tāpasa-Vasantarāja are frequently quoted by rhetoricians.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Māyurāja (मायुराज).—Son of Kubera; L. D. B.

Derivable forms: māyurājaḥ (मायुराजः).

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Mayurāja (मयुराज).—an epithet of Kubera.

Derivable forms: mayurājaḥ (मयुराजः).

Mayurāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mayu and rāja (राज).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mayurāja (मयुराज).—m.

(-jaḥ) A name of Kuvera. E. mayu Kinnara, and rāja chief; having these beings attached especially to his court and capital.

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Māyurāja (मायुराज).—m.

(-jaḥ) The son of Kuvera.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Māyūrāja (मायूराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. Mentioned in Sūktimuktāvali.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Mayurāja (मयुराज):—[=mayu-rāja] [from mayu] m. ‘king of the Kim-puruṣas’, Name of Kubera, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Māyurāja (मायुराज):—m. Name of a son of Kubera, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. mayu-r)

3) of a poet (also read māyū-r), [Catalogue(s)]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mayurāja (मयुराज):—[mayu-rāja] (jaḥ) 1. m. Kuvera.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mayuraja in German

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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: Mayu, Raja.

Starts with: Mayurajangha.

Full-text: Mayuracan, Nalakubera.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Mayuraja, Māyurāja, Mayurāja, Mayu-raja, Mayu-rāja, Māyūrāja; (plurals include: Mayurajas, Māyurājas, Mayurājas, rajas, rājas, Māyūrājas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)

9. Udāttarāghava in Kuntaka’s treatment < [Chapter 4 - Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit Plays of other Poets]

3.6. Styles or Mārgas < [Chapter 1 - Vakroktijīvita: A Synoptic Survey]

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Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)

Part 4: Some important Plays based on the Rāmāyaṇa < [Chapter 1]

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