Madanasundari, Madanasundarī: 4 definitions
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Madanasundari 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.
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Kavya (poetry)
1) Madanasundarī (मदनसुन्दरी) is the daughter of king Kanakavarṣa and Anantavatī from Kuṇḍina (a city situated in Vidarbha), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 55. Accordingly, as the painter Roladeva said to king Kanakavarṣa: “... and he [Kanakavarṣa] has a queen named Anantavatī, dearer to him than life, and by her there was born to him a daughter named Madanasundarī... When the Creator had made her, through delight in her he conceived a desire to make another like her, but he will not be able to do it even in the course of yugas”.
2) Madanasundarī (मदनसुन्दरी) is the daughter of Śuddhapaṭa, as mentioned in the sixth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 80. Accordingly, “... [Dhavala] saw there the virgin daughter of a man named Śuddhapaṭa, a girl called Madanasundarī, who had come to bathe in the sacred water [of Gaurītīrtha]. His heart was captivated by that girl who eclipsed the beauty of the moon, and after he had inquired her name and family, he went home love-smitten”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Madanasundarī, 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’.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Madanasundarī (मदनसुन्दरी):—[=madana-sundarī] [from madana > mad] f. Name of various women, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]
Madanasundarī (मदनसुन्दरी):—f. Nomen proprium verschiedener Frauenzimmer [Kathāsaritsāgara 55, 57. 80, 8. 123, 74.]
Madanasundarī (मदनसुन्दरी):—f. Nomen proprium einer Surāñfanā ([Indische studien von Weber 15,241]) und verschiedener Frauen.
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: Sundari, Madana.
Full-text: Shuddhapata, Anantavati, Kundinapura, Kundina, Devashakti, Dhavala, Vimala.
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Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
IX.2. Laksmana’s Ardhacakravartitva < [Chapter 3 - Comparative study of the Rama-story]
10.1. Influence on works composed in India < [Chapter 6 - Sources, contribution and influence of Paumacariyam]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXXX < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Chapter LV < [Book IX - Alaṅkāravatī]
Preface to volume 4 < [Prefaces]
Kathasaritsagara (cultural study) (by S. W. Chitale)
The art of ancient Indian Painting < [Chapter 3 - Economic Conditions]
The other sections and surroundings in the Palace < [Chapter 2 - Political conditions]
The King’s Harem and Queens < [Chapter 2 - Political conditions]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 77 - A Description of Kṛṣṇa < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]
Chapter 70 - A Description of Śrīkṛṣṇa < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]
The Use of Myth in Karnad’s Hayavadana < [October – December, 1994]