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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Rāgabhañjana (रागभञ्जन) is the name of a young Vidhyādhara who fell in love with the Vidyādharī Anurāgaparā according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 37. Accordingly, “know, fair one, that I am a Vidyādhara, by name Rāgabhañjana, distinguished for my knowledge of the sciences of the Vidyādharas. The moment I beheld you [Anurāgaparā ], O gazelle-eyed one, I was suddenly overpowered by love, and made your slave, so cease to honour, O Goddess, a mortal, whose abode is the earth, and favour me, your equal, before your father finds out your intrigue”.

The story of Rāgabhañjana and Anurāgaparā was narrated by Gomukha in order to demonstrate that “it is true that chaste women are few and far between, but unchaste women are never to be trusted”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Rāgabhañjana, 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.

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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’.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rāgabhañjana (रागभञ्जन):—[=rāga-bhañjana] [from rāga] m. Name of a Vidyā-dhara, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

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Ragabhanjana in German

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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: Raga, Bhanjana.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Ragabhanjana, Rāgabhañjana, Raga-bhanjana, Rāga-bhañjana; (plurals include: Ragabhanjanas, Rāgabhañjanas, bhanjanas, bhañjanas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter XXXVII < [Book VII - Ratnaprabhā]

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