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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Maṅgalaghaṭa (मङ्गलघट) is the name of an elephant, according to in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 51. Accordingly, “... and the king [Pṛthvīrūpa] mounted the great elephant Maṅgalaghaṭa, and proceeded on his way with many horses and elephants, with chiefs and Rājpūts, and with the painter and the hermits, together with the ambassador of Rūpadhara, and in a few days he reached the entrance of the Vindhya forest, and encamped there in the evening.”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Maṅgalaghaṭa, 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.

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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’.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Maṅgalaghaṭa (मङ्गलघट) refers to the “auspicious water-pot” (suitable for a festival ceremony), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.30 (“The Celebration of Pārvatī’s Return”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “On hearing that Pārvatī was returning, Menā and Himavat excessively delighted went ahead seated in a divine vehicle. [...] The auspicious water-pot (maṅgalaghaṭa) was placed in the main highway decorated with sandal paste, aguru, musk and branches of trees with fruits. The priests, Brahmins and sages reciting the Vedas, dancing girls, all went ahead seated on lofty elephants to receive her. All round stumps of plantain trees were fixed. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maṅgalaghaṭa (मङ्गलघट).—a pot filled with water offered to the gods on festive occasions.

Derivable forms: maṅgalaghaṭaḥ (मङ्गलघटः).

Maṅgalaghaṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṅgala and ghaṭa (घट). See also (synonyms): maṅgalapātra.

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

1) Maṅgalaghaṭa (मङ्गलघट):—[=maṅgala-ghaṭa] [from maṅgala] m. ‘ausp° jar’, a vessel full of water offered to the gods on festivals, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of an elephant, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mangalaghata 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: Ghata, Mankala, Mangala.

Full-text: Mangalapatra.

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