Sankrityayani, Sāṅkṛtyāyanī: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Sāṅkṛtyāyanī can be transliterated into English as Sankrtyayani or Sankrityayani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Sāṅkṛtyāyanī (साङ्कृत्यायनी) is an alternative spelling for the name Sāṅkrityānanī, a female mendicant to whom king Udayana had requested to appease the queen’s anger, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 14.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Sāṅkṛtyāyanī, 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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