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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Pallavikā (पल्लविका) is the maid-servant of Aśokavatī: the wife of Mahāsena, king from Ujjayinī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 49.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Pallavikā, 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.

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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’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pallavika (पल्लविक).—

1) A libertine, a gallant.

2) A catamite.

-kā A kind of scarf.

Derivable forms: pallavikaḥ (पल्लविकः).

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Pāllavika (पाल्लविक).—a. Diffusive, digressive.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pallavika (पल्लविक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Amorous, desirous. 2. A libertine 3. A catamite. E. pallava passion, ṭhak aff.

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

1) Pallavikā (पल्लविका):—[from pallavaka > pallava] f. a kind of scarf, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a female attendant, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

3) Pallavika (पल्लविक):—[from pallava] m. = (or [varia lectio] for) pallavaka m., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Pāllavika (पाल्लविक):—[from pāllavā] mfn. diffusive, digressive, [Caraka]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pallavika (पल्लविक):—[(kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a.] Amorous.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pallavika 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pallavika (ಪಲ್ಲವಿಕ):—[noun] = ಪಲ್ಲವಕ - [pallavaka -] 2 & 3.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with: Pallavikar.

Full-text: Pallavaka.

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter XLIX < [Book VIII - Sūryaprabha]

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