Mangalavati, Maṅgalāvatī, Mamgalavati: 7 definitions
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Mangalavati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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: KathāsaritsāgaraMaṅgalāvatī (मङ्गलावती) is a daughter of Tumburu and one of the wifes of Sunītha, son of the Asura Maya and Līlāvatī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 45. Accordingly, as Līlāvatī said to Sunītha: “... my son, you know that these wives of yours are the daughters of mighty ones, Tejasvatī being the daughter of the God of Wealth, Maṅgalāvatī of Tumburu; and as for Kīrtimatī, that wife that you married in your existence as Candraprabha, her you know to be the daughter of the Vasu Prabhāva, so you must look upon these three with an equal eye, my son”.
The story of Maṅgalāvatī was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Maṅgalāvatī, 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’.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Maṅgalāvatī (मङ्गलावती) (also Madanavilasitā) is the name of an Apabhraṃśa metre classified as Dvipadi (metres with two lines in a stanza) discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Madanavilasitā (Maṅgalāvatī) has 8 mātrās in a line, having a pañcamātra and a trimātra in its line.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraMaṅgalāvatī (मङ्गलावती) is the name of an ancient region situated in the East Videhas in Jambūdvīpa, according to chapter 3.2 [abhinandana-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly: “In the East Videhas of this same Jambūdvīpa there is a province, fair Maṅgalāvatī, the abode of wealth and happiness. In it there is a jewel of a city, Ratnasañcayā, the crest-jewel of the earth, a mine of all jewels, like the ocean. In it there was a king, like Kubera in wealth, like another wind in strength, named Mahābala. [...]”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaṅgalavatī (मङ्गलवती):—[=maṅgala-vatī] [from maṅgala-vat > maṅgala] f. Name of a daughter of Tumburu, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Maṅgalāvatī (मङ्गलावती) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Maṃgalāvaī.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMaṃgalavati (ಮಂಗಲವತಿ):—[noun] a married woman whose husband is alive (she is considered auspiciously).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mankala, Mangala, Vati.
Ends with: Ciramamgalavati.
Full-text: Mamgalavai, Madanavilasita, Ratnasancaya, Ratnamala, Yugandhara, Tejasvati, Kshemankara, Padmottara.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 4: Vajrāyudha’s conquest as Cakravartin < [Chapter III - Eighth incarnation as Vajrāyudha]
Part 1: Incarnation as King Padma < [Chapter VI - Candraprabhacaritra]
Part 1: Incarnation as Padmottara < [Chapter II - Vāsupūjyacaritra]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XLV < [Book VIII - Sūryaprabha]