Paurarucideva: 4 definitions
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Paurarucideva 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Pauraruchideva.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraPaurarucideva (पौररुचिदेव) is the name of the hereditary warder (pratīhāra) of the emperor of the Vidyādharas (cakravartin), as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 108. Accordingly, “... as the new emperor, Naravāhanadatta, was sitting in Vakrapura, in the hall of audience, a certain man descended from heaven, with a wand in his hand, and came up to him and, bowing before him, said to him: ‘Know, O King, that I am Paurarucideva, the hereditary warder of the emperor of the Vidyādharas, and I have come here to tender my services to you in that capacity’”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Paurarucideva, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaurarucideva (पौररुचिदेव):—[=paura-ruci-deva] [from paura] m. Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CVIII < [Book XIV - Pañca]