Yajnasthala, Yajñasthala, Yajna-sthala: 4 definitions
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Yajnasthala 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: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Yajñasthala (यज्ञस्थल) is the name of a field (royal grant) as mentioned in the “story of the Brāhman and the Piśāca”, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 28. The story of Yajñasthala was narrated to Somaprabhā by Kaliṅgasenā in order to demonstrate “the evil importunity of Piśācas” and that “some young princes are just like them, and, though conciliated, produce misfortune...; but they can be guarded against by counsel”.
Yajñasthala (यज्ञस्थल) as the name of a royal grant (agrahāra) situated in Śobhāvatī, is also mentioned in the twenty-second story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 96. Accordingly, “... in a certain part of that town [Śobhāvatī] there was a grant named Yajñasthala, given by that king [Pradyumna], on which many Brāhmans were settled. There lived on it a very wealthy Brāhman who had mastered the Vedas, whose name was Yajñasoma”.
2) Yajñasthala (यज्ञस्थल) is the name of an ancient village (pura), according to the twenty-third story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 97. Accordingly, as the sons of Viṣṇusvāmin said to each other: “we have no means of support here, so why should we not go hence to the house of our maternal grandfather in the village named Yajñasthala?”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Yajñasthala, 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 Dictionary1) Yajñasthala (यज्ञस्थल):—[=yajña-sthala] [from yajña > yaj] n. = -bhūmi, [Catalogue(s)]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of an Agra-hāra, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
3) [v.s. ...] of a Grāma, [ib.]
4) [v.s. ...] of a town, [Catalogue(s)]
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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: Yajna, Sthala.
Full-text: Yajnasoma, Harisoma, Devasoma, Pradyumna, Yajnadatta.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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Chapter CXIV < [Book XVII - Padmāvatī]