Samudradatta: 5 definitions
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Samudradatta 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: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Samudradatta (समुद्रदत्त) is the name of a merchant whose wife was named Śaktimatī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 13. Samudradatta, guilty of adultery, was captured by a city guard and taken to the temple of the Yakṣa named Maṇibhadra.
2) Samudradatta (समुद्रदत्त) is the name of a merchant from Viṭaṅkapura who commonly traded with the island of Utsthala according to the “story of the golden city”, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 24. Accordingly, “... and after accomplishing many kos and crossing many lands he [Śaktideva] reached the city of Viṭaṅkapura, the ornament of the seashore. There he sought out a merchant named Samudradatta, who traded with the island of Utsthala, and struck up a friendship with him. And he went on board his ship with him, and having food for the voyage fully supplied by his kindness, he set out on the ocean path”.
3) Samudradatta (समुद्रदत्त) is the name of a merchant (vaṇij) from Tāmraliptī, as mentioned in the third story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 77. Accordingly, “... and she [Vasudattā] was given to an excellent young merchant named Samudradatta, equal to her in rank, distinguished for wealth and youth, who was an object that the eyes of lovely women loved to feast on, as the partridges on the rays of the moon, and who dwelt in the city of Tāmraliptī, which is inhabited by honourable men”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Samudradatta, 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: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraSamudradatta (समुद्रदत्त) is the name of an ancient king from Kauśāmbī, according to chapter 4.4 [anantanātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly:—“Now in Bharatakṣetra in Jambūdvīpa there is a city Kauśāmbī, equal to Purandara’s city. Its king was Samudradatta, who had put a seal on his enemies’ splendor, deep as the ocean. He had a wife, Nandā, moonlight for the delight of the eye, destroying the pride of goddesses in their beauty by her beauty. [...]”.
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: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySamudradatta (समुद्रदत्त).—[masculine] a man’s name.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySamudradatta (समुद्रदत्त):—[=sam-udra-datta] [from sam-udra > sam-ud] m. Name of various persons, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Hitopadeśa etc.]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Datta, Samudra.
Full-text: Candashasana, Shaktimati, Manibhadra, Nanda, Vitankapura, Maunaikadashikatha, Vasudatta, Sudarshana, Abhisarika.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 8: Previous birth of Puruṣottama as Samudradatta < [Chapter IV - Anantanāthacaritra]
Part 11: Birth of Puruṣottama < [Chapter IV - Anantanāthacaritra]
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
10. Puṣpadūṣitaka in Kuntaka’s treatment < [Chapter 4 - Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit Plays of other Poets]
3.8 (e): Contextual figurativeness or prakaraṇa-vakratā < [Chapter 1 - Vakroktijīvita: A Synoptic Survey]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXXXIV < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Note on the “letter of death” motif < [Notes]
Chapter LXXVII < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
Part 7 - The characters of the Ubhayābhisārikā < [Chapter 2 - Bhāṇa (critical study)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 9 - Redemption of Sudarśana and Sukarṇa < [Section 1 - Setu-māhātmya]