Pingalagandhara, Piṅgalagāndhāra, Pingala-gandhara: 4 definitions
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Pingalagandhara 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: KathāsaritsāgaraPiṅgalagāndhāra (पिङ्गलगान्धार) is the name of a Vidyādhara prince from Puṣkarāvatī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 106. Accordingly, as Prabhāvatī said to prince Naravāhanadatta: “... there is in the city of Puṣkarāvatī a prince of the Vidyādharas named Piṅgalagāndhāra, who has become yellow with continually adoring the fire. Know that I am his unmarried daughter, named Prabhāvatī, for he obtained me by the special favour of the God of Fire, who was pleased with his adoration”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Piṅgalagāndhāra, 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 DictionaryPiṅgalagāndhāra (पिङ्गलगान्धार):—[=piṅgala-gāndhāra] [from piṅgala > piñj] m. Name of a Vidyā-dhara, [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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pinkala, Pingala, Gandhara.
Full-text: Prabhavati, Mandaradeva.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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