Pramadvara, Pramadvarā: 8 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaPramadvarā (प्रमद्वरा).—Wife of Ruru. Birth. Pramadvarā was the daughter of the nymph Menakā born of the Gandharva Viśvāvasu. As soon as the child was born, Menakā threw the child into the forest and left for Devaloka. Sthūlakeśa, a sage who was engaged in penance in that forest in a hermitage heard the cry of a child and came out of his āśrama. On seeing a new-born child lying unclaimed and uncared for, he took the child to his āśrama and named her Pramadvarā and brought her up. She grew into a charming maiden and one day Prince Ruru coming that way while hunting saw her and fell in love with her. The sage was pleased to give her in marriage to the King and so fixed the date of marriage.
The day previous to her marriage she trampled over a poisonous snake while walking in the forest with her companions and immediately she fell dead by the bite of the serpent. Ruru’s grief was uncontrollable. He wept bitterly crying aloud "If I have from my very birth with great devotion taken vows, let Pramadvarā rise up alive." Then a devadūta (messenger from god) appeared before him and said that all his wails were of no avail since it was only in the order of things that one whose āyus (period of life on earth) was over should die. Ruru then enquired of him a way of escape from this inevitable calamity and then the devadūta said that if Ruru was prepared to surrender half of his āyus in favour of Pramadvarā she would come back to life. Ruru agreed and they went to Dharmarāja (god of Death) and told him of his wish. Dharmarāja brought back Pramadvarā to life and she stood before Ruru as if just woken up from sleep. Their marriage was duly conducted. (Chapters 8 and 9, Ādi Parva). (See full article at Story of Pramadvarā from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesPramadvarā (प्रमद्वरा) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. ) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Pramadvarā) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPramadvara (प्रमद्वर).—a. Careless, inattentive; heedless.
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Pramadvarā (प्रमद्वरा).—f. Name of the mother of sage Śunaka and wife of sage Ruru.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramadvara (प्रमद्वर).—f.
(-rā) Adj. Careless, inattentive.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramadvara (प्रमद्वर).—[adjective] foolish; [masculine] fool, [feminine] ā woman’s name.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pramadvara (प्रमद्वर):—[=pra-madvara] [from pra-mada > pra-mand] mf(ā)n. inattentive, careless, [Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]
2) Pramadvarā (प्रमद्वरा):—[=pra-madvarā] [from pra-madvara > pra-mada > pra-mand] f. Name of the wife of Ruru and mother of Śunaka, [Mahābhārata; 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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Full-text: Menaka, Sthulakesha, Mahajanu, Ruru, Kaunikutsya, Shankhamekhala, Prishadvara, Vishvavasu, Kusika, Khagama, Shunaka.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Pramadvara < [January – March, 1978]
Five Worthy Couples in the Mahabharata < [January – March, 1978]
Sri Aurobindo and T. S. Eliot < [April – June 1992]
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 9 - On the account of Ruru < [Book 2]
Chapter 8 - On the extinction of the family of Yadu and on the anecdote of Parīkṣit < [Book 2]
Mahabharata (English Summary) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section VIII - The Tragic Story of Pramati and Pramadvara in Mahabharata < [Pauloma Parva]
Section IX - Ruru and Pramadvara: A Tale of Love, Sacrifice, and Redemption < [Pauloma Parva]
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)