Rupalavanya, Rupa-lavanya, Rūpalāvaṇya: 8 definitions
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Rūpalāvaṇya (रूपलावण्य) refers to “exquisite beauty”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.54 (“Description of the duties of the chaste wife”).—Accordingly, as a Brahmin lady said to Pārvatī: “[...] Wife is the root of the household, and of its happiness; she is the source of the fruit of virtue and for the flourishing of the family. In every house there are women proud of their exquisite beauty (rūpalāvaṇya-garvitā) and comely appearance. But it is only due to the devotion of Śiva that a chaste lady is obtained. [...]”.
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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Marathi-English dictionary
rūpalāvaṇya (रूपलावण्य).—n S Elegance of form, countenance, or person in general; shapeliness, comeliness, handsomeness.
rūpalāvaṇya (रूपलावण्य).—n Comeliness, handsomeness.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Rūpalāvaṇya (रूपलावण्य).—exquisiteness of form, elegance.
Derivable forms: rūpalāvaṇyam (रूपलावण्यम्).
Rūpalāvaṇya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rūpa and lāvaṇya (लावण्य).
Rūpalāvaṇya (रूपलावण्य).—n.
(-ṇyaṃ) Elegance, loveliness. E. rūpa, and lāvaṇya beauty.
Rūpalāvaṇya (रूपलावण्य):—[=rūpa-lāvaṇya] [from rūpa > rūp] n. beauty of form, elegance, loveliness, [Horace H. Wilson]
Rūpalāvaṇya (रूपलावण्य):—[rūpa-lāvaṇya] (ṇyaṃ) 1. n. Elegance of form.
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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Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami (by Kusakratha Prabhu)
Verse 183.8 < [Anuccheda 183]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.7.66 < [Chapter 7 - Śrī Viśvarūpa Takes Sannyāsa]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 262 < [Volume 3 (1874)]
Yoga-sutras (Vedanta Commentaries)
Sūtras 40-50 < [Part III - Powers]
Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study) (by Anand Dilip Raj)
Chapter 2 - Dvitiya Adhyaya (dvitiyo'dhyayah) < [Chapter 5 - Sucindrasthalamahatmya: Sanskrit critical edition]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 187 < [Volume 31 (1951)]