Suvasakumara, Suvāsakumāra: 3 definitions
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Suvasakumara 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraSuvāsakumāra (सुवासकुमार) is the son of Kaśyapa, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 45. Accordingly, as Kaśyapa said to Maya while granting him a boon: “... and this son of mine, Suvāsakumāra, resembling in splendour the autumn moon, shall come when thou thinkest of him, and assist thee in the night of calamity”.
The story of Suvāsakumāra and Indra was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Suvāsakumāra, 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 DictionarySuvāsakumāra (सुवासकुमार):—[=su-vāsa-kumāra] [from su-vāsa > su > su-yaj] 3. su-vāsa-kumāra m. Name of a son of Kaśyapa, [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: Kumara, Suvasa.
Starts with: Suvasakumaraka.
Full-text: Kalapagrama, Svapna.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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