Alternative spellings of this word include Nalachampu.

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

Nalacampū (नलचम्पू) or “Nala Campū” was written by Trivikrama Bhaṭṭa. The Nalacampū narrates the epic story of Nala and Damayantī in its seven Ucchvāsas. It is also known as Damayantīkathā.

Campū is a form of Sanskrit literature similair to the epic (kathā) and dramatic (kāvya) style. It contains both prose romance as well as sections in verse.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Nalacampū (नलचम्पू) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Trivikrama Bhaṭṭa. Io. 1750. 1897. 1868 (1-3). Oxf. 120^a. L. 68. 1412. K. 60. Kh. 19. 20. B. 2, 84. 86. Report. Ix. Bik. 255. Kāṭm. 6. Pheh. 6. Oudh. Viii, 8. Burnell. 159^a. Gu. 4. P. 9. Poona. 208. 212. Jac. 697. Vienna. 17. H. 64. 65. Oppert. Ii, 6911. 9700. W. 1588. Bühler 354. Quoted in Śp. p. 32. [Subhāshitāvali by Vallabhadeva] Padyāvalī, but neither in Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa nor in [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]
—[commentary] Oppert. 211.
—[commentary] by Guṇavinayagaṇi. Io. 1924. L. 2676. Kh. 65. 84. Bp. 143. 279. 450.
—[commentary] by Caṇḍapāla. Io. 1520 ([fragmentary]). W. 1588. Older than Guṇavinaya.
—[commentary] by Dāmodara Bhaṭṭa. Mentioned in the Preface to the Bombay Edition.
—[commentary] by Nāgadeva. Burnell. 159^a.

Nalacampū has the following synonyms: Damayantīkathā, Damayantīcampū.

2) Nalacampū (नलचम्पू):—See Damayantīkathā.

3) Nalacampū (नलचम्पू):—by Trivikrama. Bl. 57. Fl. 99. Peters. 4, 26. Rgb. 442. Stein 68. Weber 2167.
—[commentary] by Guṇavinayagaṇi. Peters. 4, 26.
—[commentary] by Caṇḍapāla. Bl. 268. Peters. 4, 26. Stein 68.

Nalacampū has the following synonyms: Damayantīkathā.

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

Nalacampū (नलचम्पू):—[=nala-campū] [from nala] f. Name of an artificial poem (half prose half verse) = Damayantī-kathā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nalacampu 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: Nala, Campu.

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