Vishakhila, Viśākhila: 4 definitions
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Vishakhila 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.
The Sanskrit term Viśākhila can be transliterated into English as Visakhila or Vishakhila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraViśākhila (विशाखिल) is the name of a rich merchant whose story is told in ‘the mouse merchant’, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara chapter 6.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Viśākhila, 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.
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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumViśākhila (विशाखिल) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—an ancient writer on music. Mentioned in Kuṭṭanīmata 123, by Vāmana in Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti Oxf. 207^b, by Rāyamukuṭa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viśākhila (विशाखिल):—[=vi-śākhila] [from vi] m. Name of an author, [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti; Kāvya literature]
2) [v.s. ...] of a merchant, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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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Full-text: Kalashastra, Mushika, Cullakasetthi Jataka.
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Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
Part 3 - Literature on Ancient Indian Music < [Introduction, Part 2]
Part 5 - Literature on the Ancient Indian Drama < [Introduction, part 1]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter VI < [Book I - Kathāpīṭha]
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)