Mitravasu, Mitrāvasu: 6 definitions
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Mitravasu 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: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Mitrāvasu (मित्रावसु), son of Viśvāvasu, is the name of the chief prince of the Siddhas, residing at his hermitage at the Malaya mountain, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 22. Accordingly, “There (at the hermitage), Jīmūtavāhana struck up a friendship with the self-denying son of Viśvāvasu, the chief prince of the Siddhas, whose name was Mitrāvasu. And once on a time the all-knowing Jīmūtavāhana beheld in a lonely place Mitrāvasu’s maiden sister, who had been his beloved in a former birth”.
2) Mitrāvasu (मित्रावसु) is also mentioned in the sixteenth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 90: “... and there he [Jīmūtavāhana] made a friend of the name of Mitrāvasu, the son of Viśvāvasu, the King of the Siddhas, who dwelt on that mountain”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Mitrāvasu, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMitravasu (मित्रवसु).—m. a proper name, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 79, 2.
Mitravasu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mitra and vasu (वसु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMitrāvasu (मित्रावसु).—[masculine] [Name] of a prince.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMitrāvasu (मित्रावसु):—[=mitrā-vasu] [from mitra] m. Name of a son of Viśvā-vasu (king of the Siddhas), [Kathāsaritsāgara; Nāgānanda]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Puravasu, Malayavati, Vallabhi, Mahadhana, Citrangada, Kalinjara, Hiranyadatta, Vishvavasu, Pulindaka, Vinata, Kadru, Manovati, Vasuki, Vasudatta.
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