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Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Vāhavāha (वाहवाह) refers to 1) “riding”, or 2) a “horseman”.—Cf. Vāha (“horse”) which is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 1.66.

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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’.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Vāhavāha (वाहवाह) refers to the “driver of a vehicle (i.e., Chariot)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.8 (“The detailed description of the chariot etc.”).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “The divine chariot of lord Śiva consisting of all the worlds was built by Viśvakarman with devoted effort. [...] Goddess Sarasvatī in the form of the Vedas constituted the bells of the bow. The brilliant Viṣṇu became the arrow and Agni the spear-head. O sage, the four Vedas are said to be his horses. The remaining planets became their embellishments. His army came up from water. The winds were his feathers, wings etc. Vyāsa and other sages were the drivers of the vehicle (vāhavāha) [ṛṣayo vyāsamukhyāśca vāhavāhāstathābhavan]. [...]”

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vāhavāha (वाहवाह).—riding; चलन्नलङ्कृत्य महारयं हयं स्ववाह- वाहोचितवेषपेशलः (calannalaṅkṛtya mahārayaṃ hayaṃ svavāha- vāhocitaveṣapeśalaḥ) N.1.66.

Derivable forms: vāhavāhaḥ (वाहवाहः).

Vāhavāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāha and vāha (वाह).

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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: Vaha.

Full-text: Gandh, Vaha, Divine chariot.

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