Manapara, Mana-para, Mānapara, Mānaparā: 6 definitions
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Manapara 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraMānaparā (मानपरा) is the wife of Arthalobha: the doorkeeper of king Bāhubala, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 43. Accordingly, as Rājyadhara said to Naravāhanadatta: “... he [Arthalobha] had a beautiful wife named Mānaparā. That Arthalobha, being by profession a merchant, and on account of his avarice distrusting his servants, appointed that wife of his to look after his business in preference to them. She, though she did not like it, being obedient to him, made bargains with merchants and captivated all men by her sweet form and speech”.
The story of Mānaparā and Arthalobha was narrated by Rājyadhara in order to demonstrate that “a fair woman, like Fortune, of her own accord chooses a man of high courage”, as well as that “wives and wealth leave the mean-spirited man and of their own accord come to the high-spirited man from every quarter”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Mānaparā, 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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMānapara (मानपर).—a. possessing pride, extremely proud; प्रथमे मानभृतां न वृष्णयः (prathame mānabhṛtāṃ na vṛṣṇayaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 2.44.
Mānapara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māna and para (पर). See also (synonyms): mānabhṛt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMānapara (मानपर).—adj., f. rā, arrogant, proud, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 57.
Mānapara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māna and para (पर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mānapara (मानपर):—[=māna-para] [from māna] mf(ā)n., wholly addicted to pride, very proud or arrogant, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
2) Mānaparā (मानपरा):—[=māna-parā] [from māna-para > māna] f. Name of a woman, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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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Starts with: Manaparanan, Manaparaunu.
Full-text: Manabhrit, Sukhadhana, Arthalobha.
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