Karpuraka, Karpūraka: 7 definitions
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Karpuraka 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: KathāsaritsāgaraKarpūraka (कर्पूरक) is the name of an ancient king from Karpūrasambhava, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 42. Accordingly, as a female ascetic said to Naravāhanadatta: “there is on the other side of the sea a city named Karpūrasambhava; in it there is a king rightly named Karpūraka; he has a daughter, a lovely maiden, named Karpūrikā, who appears like a second Lakṣmī...”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Karpūraka, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKarpūraka (कर्पूरक).—Zedeary.
Derivable forms: karpūrakaḥ (कर्पूरकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpūraka (कर्पूरक).—m.
(-kaḥ) Zedoary, (Curcuma zerumbet, Rox.) See karpūraka and karcūraka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpūraka (कर्पूरक):—[from karpūra] m. Curcuma Zerumbet, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpūraka (कर्पूरक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Zedoary.
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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)
Starts with: Kapurakacari, Kapurakachari, Karpurakacari, Karpurakachali, Karpurakachari, Karpurakavi.
Ends with: Dvipakarpuraka, Ramakarpuraka.
Full-text: Dvipakarpuraka, Ramakarpuraka, Buddhikari, Karpurika, Karpurasambhava.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)