In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Samarasiṃha (समरसिंह) is the name of a warrior (sainya) in service of king Vikramāditya from Ujjayinī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 121. Accordingly, “... and the following speeches of the military officers, assigning elephants and horses, were heard in the neighbourhood of the city [Ujjayinī] when the kings started, and within the city itself when the sovereign started: ‘[...] Samarasiṃha [must take] the white mare Gaṅgālaharī of pure Sindh breed...’”.

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

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: HereNow4u: Jain Dharma ka Maulika Itihasa (2)

Samarasiṃha (समरसिंह) was the father of Bhadrayaśa.—[...] The ‘Śrī Pāsanāha Cariyaṃ’ gives the following description of Lord Pārśvanātha’s Gaṇadharas (principal disciples).—“[...] Bhadrayaśa was the eighth Gaṇadhara of The Lord. His father was Samarasiṃha and mother Padmā. In a garden named Mattakumṃja he saw a man wrapped in pointed nails. When Bhadrayaśa removed the nails from his body he got to know that his brother had done this on account of a past life's enmity. Seeing the selfishness of this world his mind became detached from the world. With many of his friends he accepted initiation from Lord Pārśvanātha and became a Gaṇadhara”.

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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.

India history and geography

Source: JatLand: India History

Samarasiṃha (r. c. 1182-1204 CE) was an Indian king belonging to the Chahamana dynasty of Javalipura (present-day Jalore in Rajasthan). He ruled the area around Jalore as a Chaulukya feudatory. Samarasimha succeeded his father Kirtipala on the Chahamana throne of Javalipura. His two sons were Manavasimha and Udayasimha. The elder son Manavasimha was an ancestor of the founders of the Chauhan principalities of Chandravati and Abu. Udayasimha succeeded Samarasimha on the throne of Jalore.

Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (History)

Samarasiṃha (समरसिंह) (or Samarasīha) (1273-1301) reigns over the Mewar (of which Chitor is the capital), as is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—Accordingly, “Samarasiṃha, ruler of Cittakūḍa, paid tribute (to Ulukhāna) and thus preserved the Mevāḍa, his domain. Then the regent of the Emir (Hammvīra-juvarāa, Ulūkhāna) sacked the region of Vaggaḍa as well as several towns, including Muhaḍāsa, before reaching Āsāvallī”.—cf. Ulūkhāna.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Samarasiṃha (समरसिंह) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—of the Prāgvāṭavaṃśa, son of Kumārasiṃha, son of Sāmanta, son of Śobhanadeva, son of Candrasiṃha, who was minister of one of the Cālukya princes of Gujarat. Bhr. p. 32. He is quoted in the Hāyanaratna W. p. 265: Jagadbhūṣaṇakoṣṭhaka. Tājikatantra. Tājikatantrasāra or Gaṇakabhūṣaṇa or Karmaprakāśa. Tājikasiddhānta. Manuṣyajātaka. Varṣacaryāvarṇana.

2) Samarasiṃha (समरसिंह):—son of Kumārasiṃha: The Manuṣyajātaka is only a part of the Tājikatantrasāra.

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

Samarasiṃha (समरसिंह):—[=sam-ara-siṃha] [from sam-ara > sam-ṛ] m. ‘b°-lion’, Name of an astronomer, [Catalogue(s)]

[Sanskrit to German]

Samarasimha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Simha, Samara.

Full-text: Manushyajataka, Varshacaryavarnana, Khutta, Tajikasiddhanta, Tajikatantrasara, Jagadbhushanakoshthaka, Tajikatantra, Candasimha pragvatavamsha, Ganakabhushana, Karmaprakasha, Samarasiha, Manavasimha, Bhadrayasha, Udayasimha, Padma, Mattakumja, Gangalahari, Svamin.

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

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