Sandhyavasa, Sandhyāvāsa: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraSandhyāvāsa (सन्ध्यावास) or Saṃdhyavāsa or Sandhyāvāsagrāma is the name of an ancient village, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 108. Accordingly, as Bhūtiśiva said to Nāgasvāmin: “... Brāhman, I shall not be able to protect you any longer; but in a village named Sandhyāvāsa, at a distance of ten yojanas from this place, there is a Brāhman named Vasumati: go to him: and if you manage to get through this third night, you will escape altogether...”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Sandhyāvāsa, 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’.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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