Muktalata, Muktālatā, Mukta-lata: 9 definitions
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Muktalata 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: KathāsaritsāgaraMuktālatā (मुक्तालता) is the daughter of an ancient Niṣāda king, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 58. Accordingly, as the warder said to king Sumanas: “... king, the daughter of the King of the Niṣādas, named Muktālatā, is standing outside the door with a parrot in a cage, accompanied by her brother Vīraprabha, and wishes to see your Majesty”.
The story of Muktālatā was narrated by Gomukha to Naravāhanadatta in order to demonstrate that “the appointed union of human beings certainly takes place in this world, though vast spaces intervene”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Muktālatā, 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 dictionaryMuktālatā (मुक्तालता).—f.,
Muktālatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms muktā and latā (लता). See also (synonyms): muktāsraj.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMuktālatā (मुक्तालता).—f.
(-tā) A pearl-necklace. E. muktā a pearl, and latā a creeping plant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMuktālatā (मुक्तालता).—f. a pearl necklace.
Muktālatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms muktā and latā (लता).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMuktālatā (मुक्तालता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Śambhu. See Anyoktimuktālatā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Muktālatā (मुक्तालता):—[=muktā-latā] [from muktā > muc] f. a string of p°, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a woman, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMuktālatā (मुक्तालता):—[muktā-latā] (tā) 1. f. A necklace.
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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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Ends with: Anyoktimuktalata.
Full-text: Muktaphalalata, Muktasraj, Viraprabha, Shastraganja.
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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 5 - Some prominent Kashmiri Sanskrit poets < [Chapter I - Introduction]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LIX < [Book X - Śaktiyaśas]