Shaktivega, Śaktivega: 3 definitions
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Shaktivega 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.
The Sanskrit term Śaktivega can be transliterated into English as Saktivega or Shaktivega, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraŚaktivega (शक्तिवेग) is the name of a Vidyādhara-king who appeared before king Udayana in order to see his son, Naravāhanadatta, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 23. Śaktivega was previously known in his human life as Śaktideva, but became a Vidyādhara by marrying the four Vidyādharī daughters of king Śaśikhaṇḍa in Kanakapurī (the golden city). Accordingly, “... having been informed of the facts by all his [Śaśikhaṇḍa’s] daughters, who bowed at his feet, and also moved by a divine voice, with delighted soul gave them all at once to Śaktideva. Immediately after that he bestowed on Śaktideva his opulent realm in the City of Gold, and all his magic sciences; and he gave the successful hero his name [Śaktivega], by which he was henceforth known among his Vidyādharas”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Śaktivega, 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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚaktivega (शक्तिवेग):—[=śakti-vega] [from śakti > śak] m. Name of a Vidyādhara, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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: Shakti, Vega.
Full-text: Kanakapuri, Vardhamana, Paropakarin, Kanakaprabha, Kanakarekha.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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