Shashankavati, Śaśāṅkavatī, Sasankavatī: 3 definitions
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Shashankavati 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 Śaśāṅkavatī can be transliterated into English as Sasankavati or Shashankavati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
1) Śaśāṅkavatī (शशाङ्कवती) is the name of the twelfth book of the Kathāsaritsāgara, written by Somadeva in the 11th-century.
2) Śaśāṅkavatī (शशाङ्कवती) is the daughter of king Karmasena from Ujjayinī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 69. Accordingly, as a Vetāla said to minister Bhīmaparākrama: “... he [king Karmasena] has a daughter, who in beauty surpasses the Apsarases, being, as it were, the receptacle of the Creator’s handiwork in the form of loveliness. Her name is Śaśāṅkavatī, and she shall be his wife, and by gaining her he shall become king of the whole earth”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Śaśāṅkavatī, 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Śaśāṅkavatī (शशाङ्कवती):—[=śaśāṅka-vatī] [from śaśāṅka > śaś] f. Name of a princess (after whom the 12th Lambaka of the Kathā-sarit-sāgara is called), [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Śaśāṅkavatī (शशाङ्कवती):—(f. von śaśāṅkavant und dieses adj. von śaśāṅka) f. Nomen proprium einer Princessin [Kathāsaritsāgara 69, 31. fgg.] nach ihr der 12te Lambaka in diesem Werke benannt [1, 8.]
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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Partial matches: Shashanka, Vati.
Full-text: Caturika, Narmada, Candravaloka, Malayaprabha, Sushena.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CIII < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Chapter C < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Chapter LXX < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 57 < [Volume 21 (1918)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 326 < [Volume 3 (1874)]
Kathasaritsagara (cultural study) (by S. W. Chitale)
Chamberss in the Palace < [Chapter 2 - Political conditions]
Articles of Trade (Import and Export) < [Chapter 3 - Economic Conditions]
The Palace and Personal Staff < [Chapter 2 - Political conditions]
Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 14 - The salvation of Godhā, (the lizard) < [Part 5 - Uttara-bhāga]
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
3. Sources of the motifs < [Chapter 9 - The Sources and the the Author’s design]