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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Vidyuddyotā (विद्युद्द्योता) is the daughter of king Vasantasena mentioned in the “story of Śrutasena”, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 33. Accordingly, “... when King Śrutasena heard from that Brāhman [Agniśarman] this speech, which was like the command of the God of Love, he became ardently attached to Vidyuddyotā, so he immediately sent off the Brāhman and took steps to have her brought quickly, and married her. Then the Princess Vidyuddyotā became inseparable from the person of that king, as the daylight from the orb of the sun”.

The story of Vidyuddyotā and Vasantasena was narrated to Udayana (king of Vatsa) by Yaugandharāyaṇa in order to demonstrate that “matrons cannot endure the interruption of a deep affection” demonstrated by the anecdote that “chaste women, when their beloved is attached to another, or has gone to heaven, become careless about all enjoyments and determined to die, though their intentions are inscrutable on account of the haughtiness of their character”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Vidyuddyotā, 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vidyuddyota (विद्युद्द्योत).—a flash or lustre of lightning.

Derivable forms: vidyuddyotaḥ (विद्युद्द्योतः).

Vidyuddyota is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vidyut and dyota (द्योत). See also (synonyms): vidyujjvālā.

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

1) Vidyuddyota (विद्युद्द्योत):—[=vidyud-dyota] [from vidyud > vi-dyut] m. the brightness of l°, [Harivaṃśa]

2) Vidyuddyotā (विद्युद्द्योता):—[=vidyud-dyotā] [from vidyud-dyota > vidyud > vi-dyut] f. Name of a princess, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vidyuddyota 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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Partial matches: Vidyut, Dyota.

Full-text: Agnisharma, Vidyujjvala, Dyota, Agnisharman, Matridatta.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Vidyuddyota, Vidyud-dyota, Vidyud-dyotā, Vidyuddyotā, Vidyut-dyota; (plurals include: Vidyuddyotas, dyotas, dyotās, Vidyuddyotās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter XXXIII < [Book VI - Madanamañcukā]

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