Vamadatta, Vāmadatta: 4 definitions

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Vamadatta 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)

[«previous next»] — Vamadatta in Kavya glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Vāmadatta (वामदत्त) is the son of Śūradatta and Vasumatī from Kānyakubja, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 68. Accordingly as Lalitalocanā said to Naravāhanadatta: “... and he [Śūradatta] had a devoted wife, named Vasumatī, and by her he begot a handsome son, named Vāmadatta. Vāmadatta, the darling of his father, was instructed in all the sciences, and soon married a wife, of the name of Śaśiprabhā”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Vāmadatta, 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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General definition (in Hinduism)

[«previous next»] — Vamadatta in Hinduism glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

Vāmadatta, son of the King Bāhuśakti and his wife Vasumatī. Vāmadatta, the darling of his father, was instructed in all the sciences, and soon married a wife, of the name of Śaśiprabhā. See Ocean of Story vol. 6, p. 4.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vamadatta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vāmadatta (वामदत्त):—[=vāma-datta] [from vāma] m. ‘given by Śiva’, Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

2) Vāmadattā (वामदत्ता):—[=vāma-dattā] [from vāma-datta > vāma] f. Name of a woman, [ib.]

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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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