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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Utsthala (उत्स्थल) is the name of an island that Śaktideva was instructed to journey to by the hermit Dīrghatapas, according to the “story of the golden city”, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 25. Accordingly, Dīrghatapas said: “But I am sure it [the golden city] must be in some distant foreign island, and I can tell you an expedient to help you in this matter; there is in the midst of the ocean an island named Utsthala, and in it there is a rich king of the Niṣādas named Satyavrata. He goes to and fro among all the other islands, and he may have seen or heard of that city. Therefore go first to the city named Viṭaṅkapura, situated on the border of the sea. And from that place go with some merchant in a ship to the island where that Niṣāda dwells, in order that you may attain your object”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Utsthala, 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.

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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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utsthala (उत्स्थल):—[=ut-sthala] n. Name of an island, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Utsthala (उत्स्थल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Utthala.

[Sanskrit to German]

Utsthala in German

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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: Ut, Sthala.

Full-text: Utthala, Vitankapura, Satyavrata, Samudradatta, Vishnudatta.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Utsthala, Ut-sthala; (plurals include: Utsthalas, sthalas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter XXVI < [Book V - Caturdārikā]

Chapter XXV < [Book V - Caturdārikā]

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