Vishnuvarman, Vishnu-varman, Viṣṇuvarman: 3 definitions
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Vishnuvarman means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
The Sanskrit term Viṣṇuvarman can be transliterated into English as Visnuvarman or Vishnuvarman, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraViṣṇuvarman (विष्णुवर्मन्) is the name of a merchant (vaṇij) according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 56. Accordingly, “... and after he [Candrasvāmin] had spent the night, and looked about him, he made acquaintance with a merchant named Viṣṇuvarman, who was about to go to the isle of Nārikela. And with him he embarked in a ship, and went across the sea to the island, out of love for his children [Mahīpāla and Candravatī]”.
The story of Viṣṇuvarman was narrated by Marubhūti order to entertain the company of prince Naravāhanadatta.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Viṣṇuvarman, 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’.
India history and geography
Source: academia.edu: The Chronology of Ancient Gandhara and BactriaVishnuvarma (800-770 BCE) [King of Apracha].—Most probably, Vishnuvarma was the brother of Aspavarma and the son of Indravarma I.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣṇuvarman (विष्णुवर्मन्):—[=viṣṇu-varman] [from viṣṇu] m. Name of a king, [ib.]
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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Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
The Pallavas of the Prakrit and Sanskrit charters < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LVI < [Book IX - Alaṅkāravatī]