Punyasena, Puṇyasena: 5 definitions
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Punyasena means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Puṇyasena (पुण्यसेन) is the name of a king from Ujjayinī whose death was faked in order to defeat the opposing king’s army, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 15. His story is told by Yaugandharāyaṇa to Rumaṇvat in the “Story of Puṇyasena”.
2) Puṇyasena (पुण्यसेन) is also mentioned in the fifth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 79. Accordingly, “... in Ujjayinī there lived an excellent Brāhman, the dear dependent and minister of King Puṇyasena, and his name was Harisvāmin. That householder had by his wife, who was his equal in birth, an excellent son like himself, Devasvāmin by name. And he also had born to him a daughter, famed for her matchless beauty, rightly named Somaprabhā”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Puṇyasena, 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’.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IPuṇyasena (पुण्यसेन) is the son of Lalitāṅgakumāra, according to the Lalitāṅgakumārarāsa by Kṣamākalaśa (dealing with the lives of Jain teachers), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—Accordingly, “[...] An an emissary from Lalitāṅgakumāra’s father explained Lalitāṅgakumāra’s identity and organized peace. Lalitāṅgakumāra returned to his father’s city with Sulocanā. His father entrusted him the kingdom and took religious initiation. Later on, Lalitāṅgakumāra entrusted the kingdom [Ujjayinī] to his own son, Puṇyasena, took initiation and reached liberation. [...]”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Puṇyasena (पुण्यसेन):—[=puṇya-sena] [from puṇya] m. Name of a prince, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] of another man, [Buddhist literature]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Puṇya, Sena, Cena.
Full-text: Harisvamin, Devasvamin, Somaprabha.
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