Purvadesha, Pūrvadeśa, Purva-desha: 6 definitions
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Purvadesha 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.
The Sanskrit term Pūrvadeśa can be transliterated into English as Purvadesa or Purvadesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of RajasekharaPūrvadeśa (पूर्वदेश) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—The region of Eastern India. It is lies to the east of Benares and includes with Assam and Burma.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPūrvadeśa (पूर्वदेश).—the eastern country, or the eastern part of India.
Derivable forms: pūrvadeśaḥ (पूर्वदेशः).
Pūrvadeśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pūrva and deśa (देश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrvadeśa (पूर्वदेश).—[masculine] the eastern region or country.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pūrvadeśa (पूर्वदेश):—[=pūrva-deśa] [from pūrva] m. the eastern direction
2) [v.s. ...] (e, to the east of [ablative] [Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]])
3) [v.s. ...] the eastern country, [Mahābhārata]
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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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Partial matches: Desha, Purva, Teca.
Starts with: Purvadeshasamvatsaraphala.
Full-text (+25): Pracya, Mithila, Shibira, Malyavadgiri, Ekapada, Udayagiri, Danturaka, Mekala, Vardhamana, Malyavat, Candrapura, Anjanagiri, Shibiragiri, Dhvajagiri, Anjana, Kashi, Utkala, Paundra, Padmagiri, Gaudaka.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 8.4 - The region of Pūrvadeśa (eastern part) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 8.3 - Rājaśekhara’s concepts of Bhāratavarṣa (undivided india) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Appendix 2 - Identification of Geographical names mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.14.66-67 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 3 - The spread of the Prajñā in the four cardinal directions < [Chapter I - Explanation of Arguments]
Part 4 - Story of the complete gift of the painter Karṇa < [Chapter XIX - The Characteristics of Generosity]
Viresalingam Purusha and Navavaitalika < [July – September, 1998]