Vatsaraja, Vatsa-raja, Vatsarāja: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Vatsarāja (वत्सराज).—Soḍḍhala mentions Vatsarāja as the lord poet of Caulukya dynasty of Lāṭa-deśa, the crest jewel of the family of Lāṭa kings and a friend of Koṅkaṇa kings. A copper plate grant of king Trilocanapāla, Caulukya of Lāṭa-deśa, the son of Vatsarāja, dated Śaka 972, A.D. 1050.
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)
Vatsarāja (वत्सराज) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.177.20) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Vatsa-rāja) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Vatsarāja (वत्सराज) is the name of an ancient king and author of the Kāmasiddhi-stuti (or Vāmakeśvarī-stuti) which represents a pūjāstuti that guides its reciter through the mental or actual worship of the goddess Nityā.—The text is composed in the first person but the author does not name himself in the text. The text is named Vāmakeśvarīstuti and attributed to Mahārājādhirāja Vidyādharacakravartin Vatsarāja in the colophon of the sole palm-leaf manuscript [...].
Note: [The poet’s identity]:—The fact that he is a king and was perhaps somewhat distressed at the time of composition of the stuti can be known from the text itself (cf. verse 40). Furthermore, in the colophon the text is attributed to Mahārājādhirāja Vidyādharacakravarti Vatsarāja. Apparently, the first epithet is royal—he is the king of great kings—while the second is mantric: he is sovereign among the Vidyādharas, who are supposed to possess esoteric mantric knowledge and due to this have supernatural powers. Vatsarāja is his personal name. The most famous Vatsarāja, the mythical king of Ujjayinī, does not fit the context. Another is King Vatsarāja of the Gurjara-Pratihāra dynasty (c. 775–805ce), the father of Mahārājādhirāja Nāgabhaṭa II (805–833ce). Vatsarāja is always called paramamāheśvara, but in the Pratāpagaḍh Stone Inscription of Mahendrapāla II (dated Year 1003 = 946ce), Nāgabhaṭa II is called paramabhagavatībhakta.17 It may be a coincidence, but the latter’s mother is named Sundarī. In any case, this Vatsarāja could be our poet. Our text represents an archaic tradition that does not even know the name Tripurasundarī, and thus this date in the early-ninth century CE fits it well.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
India history and geography
Vatsarāja is the name of a king who belonged to the Pratihāra dynasty. An inscription from Chanderi in the Guna District (in the former Gwalior State) of Madhya Bhārat (11th century A.D.) mentions Nīlakaṇṭha who was followed in succession by Harirāja, Bhīmadeva, Raṇapāla, Vatsarāja, Svarṇapāla, Kīrttipāla, Abhayapāla, Govindarāja, Rājarāja, Vīrarāja and Jaitravarman.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Vatsarāja (वत्सराज).—a king of the Vatsas; लोके हारि च वत्सराजचरितं नाट्ये च दक्षा वयम् (loke hāri ca vatsarājacaritaṃ nāṭye ca dakṣā vayam) Ratnāvalī 1.
Derivable forms: vatsarājaḥ (वत्सराजः).
Vatsarāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vatsa and rāja (राज). See also (synonyms): vatseśa.
Vatsarāja (वत्सराज).—[masculine] = vatsapati.
1) Vatsarāja (वत्सराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Acala (Śāṅkhāyanāhnika). Peters. 2, 170.
2) Vatsarāja (वत्सराज):—father of Śrī Kāhna, grandfather of Bhaṭṭa Mādhava (Siddhāntaratnāvalī Sārasvataṭīkā). Kh. 69.
3) Vatsarāja (वत्सराज):—father of Haridāsa (Lekhakamuktāmaṇi). Oxf. 341^b.
4) Vatsarāja (वत्सराज):—poet. Śp. p. 81.
5) Vatsarāja (वत्सराज):—Nirṇayadīpikā q. v.
6) Vatsarāja (वत्सराज):—Bhojaprabandha. Hāsyacūḍāmaṇi prahasana.
7) Vatsarāja (वत्सराज):—son of Rāghava, grandson of Gaṇeśa Agnihotrin, pupil of Rāmāśrama, son of Bhaṭṭoji, composed in 1641: Vārāṇasīdarpaṇa and—[commentary].
8) Vatsarāja (वत्सराज):—Maṇikarṇikālaharī kāvya.
1) Vatsarāja (वत्सराज):—[=vatsa-rāja] [from vatsa] m. a king of the Vatsas, [Mahābhārata] [Ratnāvalī; Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of various authors and other men (also -deva), [Catalogue(s)]
Vatsarāja (वत्सराज):—m.
1) ein Fürst der Vatsa [Mahābhārata 1, 7002.] [HALL] in der Einl. zu [VĀSAVAD. 4.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 11, 5. 17. 19. fgg. 30, 62.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Rājataraṅgiṇī.6,346.] [Oxforder Handschriften 341,b, No. 799.] deva Nomen proprium eines Dichters [124,b,27.]
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)
Full-text (+554): Tapasavatsaraja, Rajavatsa, Vinavatsaraja, Udayana, Vattarayan, Nirnayadipika, Nirnayadipaka, Manikarnikalahari, Hasyacudamani, Acala, Kahna, Shankhayanahnikadipika, You tian wang jing, Ganesha agnihotrin, Anubimbita, Stambha, Patra, Lakshya, Tailapatra, Urdhvavedha.
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