Vindhyapara: 3 definitions
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Vindhyapara 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)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraVindhyapara (विन्ध्यपर) is the name of a Vidyādhara king from Puṣkarāvatī whose daughter Anurāgaparā appeared before the merchant’s son named Niścayadatta, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 37. Accordingly, as Anurāgaparā came out visibly from the pillar: “there is a city called Puṣkarāvatī on a peak of the Himālayas; in it there lives a king named Vindhyapara. I am his maiden daughter, named Anurāgaparā. I came to worship Mahākāla, and rested here to-day”.
The story of Vindhyapara was narrated by Gomukha in order to demonstrate that “it is true that chaste women are few and far between, but unchaste women are never to be trusted”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Vindhyapara, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVindhyapara (विन्ध्यपर):—[=vindhya-para] [from vindhya] m. Name of a king of the Vidyādharas, [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: Vindhya, Para.
Starts with: Vindhyaparantika.
Full-text: Pushkaravati, Anuragapara.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XXXVII < [Book VII - Ratnaprabhā]