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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Utpalanetra (उत्पलनेत्र) refers to “lotus-like eyes” [?], according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.18 (“Description of the perturbation caused by Kāma”).—Accordingly, as Śiva described Pārvatī: “Is this your face or the moon? Are these your eyes or lotus petals [i.e., utpalanetra—kiṃ netre cotpale]? These two eyebrows are the bows of Kāma of noble soul. Is this your lower lip or Bimba fruit? Is this your nose or the beak of a parrot? Do I hear your voice or the cooing of the cuckoo? Is this your slender waist or the sacrificial altar? How can her gait be described? How can her comely appearance be described? How can the flowers be described? How can the clothes be described? [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Utpalanetra (उत्पलनेत्र) refers to “lotus-eyes”, as mentioned in the twelfth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 86. Accordingly, “[...] Then the king [Yaśaḥketu] diverted himself with her for six days in the gardens, and in tanks, the lotus-eyes [i.e., sajala-utpalanetra] of which were full of tears, and that seemed to toss aloft their waves like hands, and in the cries of their swans and cranes to utter this plaintive appeal: ‘Do not leave us!’ And on the seventh day he artfully decoyed his darling to that pavilion where was the tank that served as a magic gate conducting to the world of men; and throwing his arms round her neck he plunged into that tank, and rose up with her from a tank in the garden of his own city. [...]”.

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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

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Utpalanetra (उत्पलनेत्र).—(1) name of a king, former incarnation of the Buddha: Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 24.4; (2) name of a Bodhisattva (the same as 1? but represented as contemporary with the Buddha): Gaṇḍavyūha 3.2.

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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.

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Partial matches: Netra, Utpala.

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