Vidyavinoda, Vidyāvinoda: 5 definitions

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Vidyavinoda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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)

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Source: archive.org: Bharatiya vastu-sastra (Poetry)

Vidyāvinoda (विद्याविनोद) refers to one of the works ascribed to King Bhoja, according to Bisheshwar Nath Reu.—King Bhoja of Dhārā, one of the greatest rulers of India, ruled from 1018 to 1060 A.D. He was great in the art of Government and war, but still greater in the art of peace. He had earned immortal fame as a great patron of poets and men of letters and a mass of legends has grown about his name. He is reported to be the author of more than three dozen works [i.e., Vidyāvinoda]. [...] Śrī Viśveśvara Nātha Reu has laboured very hard in his treatise on ‘Rājā Bhoja’ (publsihed by Hindustani Academy) in collecting all the available material on the subject to give an account of the life and works of Bhoja. He has given a list of the following thirty-four books ascribed to Rājā Bhoja of Dhārā [i.e., Vidyāvinoda]

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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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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Vidyāvinoda (विद्याविनोद) refers to “amusing oneself with knowledge”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Fool, do you not perceive the transitory behaviour of the whole world? You must do what is proper to be done. You must not deceive yourself by amusing yourself with false knowledge (asat-vidyāvinoda)”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Vidyāvinoda (विद्याविनोद) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—kāvya, by Bhojarāja. B. 2, 106. Compare Viśrāntavidyāvinoda.

2) Vidyāvinoda (विद्याविनोद):—[dharma] Quoted in Nirṇayasindhu.

3) Vidyāvinoda (विद्याविनोद):—a title of Nārāyaṇa, son of Bāṇeśvara.

4) Vidyāvinoda (विद्याविनोद):—poet. Mentioned in Bhojaprabandha Oxf. 150^b.

5) Vidyāvinoda (विद्याविनोद):—Devīmāhātmyaṭīkā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vidyāvinoda (विद्याविनोद):—[=vidyā-vinoda] [from vidyā > vid] m. (also dācārya) Name of various scholars, [Catalogue(s) etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] of various works.

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Vidyavinoda 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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