Samgataka, Sangataka, Saṅgataka, Saṃgataka: 5 definitions
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Samgataka 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraSaṃgataka (संगतक) is the name of a story-teller entertaining King Sahasrānīka with a story, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 10. Sahasrānīka was searching for his beloved Mṛgāvatī, with whom he was separated due to a curse. In aniticipation of his reunion with his wife, the King asked for Saṃgataka to tell him a story.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Saṃgataka, 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’.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Saṃgataka (संगतक) is the name of a metre according to the Vṛttajātisamuccaya IV.64-65.—Saṃgataka is made with an Catuṣpadi whose lines are made with Bha, Bha, Ma, Sa and Sa Gaṇas and a Gāthā.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saṃgataka (संगतक):—[=saṃ-gataka] [from saṃ-gata > saṃ-gam] m. contact (See bhrū-s)
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a story-teller, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Saṃgataka (संगतक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃgamaya.
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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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Ends with: Asamgataka, Bhrusamgataka.
Full-text: Sangamaya, Bhrusamgataka.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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