In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Vijayavatī (विजयवती) is the daughter of Nāga king Gandhamālin, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 72. Accordingly, as Vijayavatī said to Vinītamati: “... great-souled one, I am the daughter of a king of the snakes named Gandhamālin, and my name is Vijayavatī. Once on a time my father fled from battle, and was thus cursed by Vāsuki”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Vijayavatī, 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’.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Vijayavatī (विजयवती) refers to one of the female Śrāvakas mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Vijayavatī).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vijayavatī (विजयवती):—[=vi-jaya-vatī] [from vijaya-vat > vi-jaya > vi-ji] f. Name of a daughter of the serpent-demon Gandha-mālin, [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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vijaya, Vati.

Full-text: Vijayavant, Gandhamalin, Vidyujjihva, Kalajihva.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Vijayavati, Vijaya-vati, Vijaya-vatī, Vijayavatī; (plurals include: Vijayavatis, vatis, vatīs, Vijayavatīs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 21: Further attacks < [Chapter III - Mahāvīra’s first six years as an ascetic]

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter LXXII < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]

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