Nalopakhyana, Nala-upakhyana, Nalopākhyāna: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Nalopākhyāna (नलोपाख्यान, “Episode of Nala”) occupies sections 53-79 of the vana-parva of the Mahābhārata— i.e. “Forest book”. Yudhiṣṭhira has gambled away his kingdom, wife, and all his possessions. A further loss forces him to become an exile for twelve years, together with his wife and brothers. It is during this exile in the forest (vana) that the story of Nala is told.
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
Nalopākhyāna (नलोपाख्यान).—[neuter] the Nala-episode.
1) Nalopākhyāna (नलोपाख्यान) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from the Mahābhārata. Oppert. Ii, 2371. 2691. 2725. 9857.
2) Nalopākhyāna (नलोपाख्यान):—from the Mahābhārata. Peters. 4, 13.
3) Nalopākhyāna (नलोपाख्यान):—from the Mahābhārata. Io. 2825 ([fragmentary]). L.. 159 (inc.).
Nalopākhyāna (नलोपाख्यान):—[from nala] n. ‘the story of N°’ in [Mahābhārata iii, 6, 52-77.]
Nalopākhyāna (नलोपाख्यान):—(nala + upā) n. die Erzählung von Nala (und Damayantī), Titel einer Episode im [Mahābhārata] [Bibliothecae sanskritae 155. fgg.]
Nalopākhyāna (नलोपाख्यान):—n. Titel einer Episode des [Mahābhārata]
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 (+0): Upakhyana, Nala.
Starts with (+0): Nalopakhyanaparva.
Full-text (+3372): Nalopakhyanaparva, Papamati, Meghodaya, Prayattavya, Papakrita, Cintapara, Naravahin, Aranyanripati, Kamavasin, Aranyaraj, Piplu, Prativakya, Licchavi, Manushyendra, Kramaprapta, Parṇada, Kshitipati, Janarnava, Krityaka, Kanksha.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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