Rupasena, Rūpasena: 5 definitions
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Rupasena 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: KathāsaritsāgaraRūpasena (रूपसेन) is one of the two sons of the Vidyādhara king Muktasenā and queen Kambuvatī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 42. Accordingly, as Indīvarasena said to king Parityāgasena after remembering his former live: “... and by a queen named Kambuvatī he [Muktasenā] had born to him in course of time two virtuous sons, Padmasena and Rūpasena”.
The story of Rūpasena and Muktāsena was narrated by Gomukha to Naravāhanahatta in order to demonstrate that “the great must endure great pains and gain great glory, but others have little pain and little glory”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Rūpasena, 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 IRūpasena (रूपसेन) is the name of a prince, according to the Rūpasenarāyacopaī by Lālacandragaṇi (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.—The story starts in Rājagṛha. Rūpasena was a beautiful prince. In Dhāra in Malwa lived Manabhāvatī. This was the starting-point of an eventful love-story. It includes the story of the main character’s previous birth by a Jain monk. The final part describes at length all the aspects of good conduct practised by Rūpasena, and his final pious life after he had entrusted the kingdom to his son. The story is meant to illustrate the benefits of good actions.
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) Rūpasena (रूपसेन):—[=rūpa-sena] [from rūpa > rūp] m. Name of a Vidyā-dhara, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] of a king, [Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sena, Rupa, Cena.
Starts with: Rupasenaraya, Rupasenarayacopai.
Full-text: Manabhavati, Yajnasena, Rupasenarayacopai, Rupasenaraya, Muktapura, Kambuvati, Muktasena, Padmasena.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 85 - The Story of Cyavana, Kuñjala and Divyādevī < [Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XLII < [Book VII - Ratnaprabhā]