Vimalakara, Vimalākara: 4 definitions
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Vimalakara 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Vimalākara (विमलाकर) is the name of an ancient king from Kośalā, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 71. Accordingly, as a wandering man said to Bhīmaparākrama: “... in the city of Kośalā there was a king named Vimalākara, and he had a son named Kamalākara, who was made by the Creator admirable in respect of the qualities of courage, beauty and generosity...”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Vimalākara, 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
Vimalākara (विमलाकर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Vasanta, grandfather of Balabhadra (Bhāsvatīṭīkā 1544). L. 785.
Vimalākara (विमलाकर):—[=vi-malākara] [from vi-mala] m. Name of a prince, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Vimalākara (विमलाकर):—(vimala + ā) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Kathāsaritsāgara 71, 67.]
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: Vi, Malakara.
Full-text: Vasanta, Kamalakara, Balabhadra.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 210 < [Volume 2 (1872)]
Kathasaritsagara (cultural study) (by S. W. Chitale)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXXI < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]