Viradeva, Vīradeva: 7 definitions
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Viradeva means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureVīradeva (वीरदेव) is the name of an author of works dealing with prosodoy (chandas or chandaśśāstra) quoted by Kṣemendra (11th century) in his Suvṛttatilaka. The Suvṛttatilaka is a monumental work of Sanskrit prosody in which the author discusses 27 popular metres which were used frequently by the poets (e.g., Vīradeva).
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraVīradeva (वीरदेव) is the name of an ancient king from Ujjayinī, as mentioned in the ninth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 83. Accordingly, “... and in it [viz., Padmāvatī, Bhogavatī, Hiraṇyavatī, Ujjayinī] there lived an excellent king, named Vīradeva, and he had a queen named Padmarati. The king went with her to the bank of the Mandākinī, and propitiated Śiva with austerities, in order to obtain a son. And after he had remained a long time engaged in austerities, he performed the ceremonies of bathing and praying, and then he heard this voice from heaven”.
The story of Vīradeva is mentioned in the Vetālapañcaviṃśati (twenty-five tales of a vetāla) which is embedded in the twelfth book of the Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’). The main book is a famous Sanskrit epic detailing the exploits of prince Naravāhanadatta in his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The Kathā-sarit-sāgara is is explained to be an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā which consisted of 100,000 verses and in turn forms part of an even 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’.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesRuler of Palandipa, who invaded Ceylon in the reign of Jayabahu I.
Vikkamabahu marched against him, but was defeated at Mannara and had to retreat to Kotthasara.
Thither he was pursued by Viradeva, who, however, was slain in a battle at Antaravitthika. Cv.lxi.36ff.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVīradeva (वीरदेव).—[masculine] a man’s name.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVīradeva (वीरदेव) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. Quoted by Kṣemendra in Suvṛttatilaka 2, 36. Compare Nami on Kāvyālaṃkāra 1, 9.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vīradeva (वीरदेव):—[=vīra-deva] [from vīra > vīr] m. Name of various men, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
2) [v.s. ...] of a poet, [Catalogue(s)]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Deva, Vira, Teva.
Full-text: Suradeva, Anangarati, Palandipa, Vishva. viradeva, Mannara, Anikanga, Rakkhaka, Padmarati, Vikkamabahu, Bhashajna, Khadgadhara, Ariya, Pancaphuttika, Bhogavati, Jivadatta, Hiranyavati, Ujjayini, Kitti, Padmavati.
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Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Tiruvennainallur < [Part II - Contributions of the Later Pallavas to the Chola-Pallava Phase]
Temples in Tiruvottur < [Chapter II - Temples of Kulottunga I’s Time]
Note 2b: Chola Feudatories, the Magadai Chiefs < [Chapter XI - Kulottunga III (a.d. 1178 to 1218)]
Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Kottamangalam < [Aditya I]
Temples in Tirunedungalam < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) (by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah)
Part 4: Relation Among the Castes < [Chapter 2 - Caste System]
The history of Andhra country (1000 AD - 1500 AD) (by Yashoda Devi)
Part 32 - Manmasiddha (III A.D. 1248-1267) < [Chapter XX - The Telugu Cholas (Chodas)]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 7 - Nalanda’s Rise of a Multi-functional Nodal Centre < [Chapter III - Nālandā: Evidence for rise and progress of the settlement]