Kuvalayapida, Kuvalayāpīḍa: 7 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKuvalayāpīḍa (कुवलयापीड).—Name of the elephant posted at the gates of Mathurāpurī to kill Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Balabhadrarāma, who went there to witness the dhanuryajña. But, they killed the elephant.
"raṅgadvāraṃ samāsādya tasmin nāgamavasthitam / apaśyat kuvalayāpīḍaṃ kṛṣṇo smbaṣṭhapracoditam //" (Bhāgavata, Daśama Skandha, Chapter 48, Verse 2).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKuvalayāpīḍa (कुवलयापीड).—The state elephant of Kaṃsā. When Kṛṣṇa came to the mallaraṅga or the wrestlers’ arena, it was ordered that this elephant should be stationed at the gate of the arena to attack him. When Kṛṣṇa entered the araṅga, the mahout Ambaṣṭha led the animal against him, when Kṛṣṇa took hold of its tail, and whirling it round and round, hit its front when it died with the keeper. He seized its tusks and entered the enclosure in glee. At this Kaṃsā was perturbed; its keeper was killed by Rāma.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 36. 24 [1], 25; 37. 15; 43. 1-18; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 73. 100; Vāyu-purāṇa 98. 101; Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 12. 21; 15. 11, 17; 20. 23, 32-42; 29. 5.
Kuvalayāpīḍa (कुवलयापीड).—King Kuvalayāpīḍa obtains siddhi through quietism (śama) and shows himself even today to the pious on Śrīparvata. (See Rājataraṅgiṇī verse 4.390)
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKuvalayāpīḍa (कुवलयापीड) is the name of the elephant of Candrāvaloka: an ancient Śivi (Śibi) king, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 113. Accordingly, as Kaśyapa said to Naravāhanadatta: “... and he [Candrāvaloka] had a great elephant that trampled the armies of his enemies, known on the earth as Kuvalayapīḍa. Owing to the might of that elephant the king was never conquered by any enemy in his realm, in which the real power was in the hands of the subjects”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kuvalayapīḍa, 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) Kuvalayāpīḍa (कुवलयापीड):—[from kuvalaya] m. Name of a prince (= yāditya), [Rājataraṅgiṇī iv, 362 ff.]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Daitya (who, changed to an elephant, became the vehicle of Kaṃsa), [Harivaṃśa; Gīta-govinda]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of an elephant, [Kathāsaritsāgara cxiii, 19.]
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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.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.1.14 < [Chapter 1 - Advice to Kaṃsa]
Verses 4.14.19-20 < [Chapter 14 - The Story of the Jālandharīs]
Verses 5.7.16-17 < [Chapter 7 - The Killing of Kuvalayāpīḍa]
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 10.6.6 < [Section 6 - Sixth Tiruvaymoli (Arulperuvar)]
Pasuram 4.3.1 < [Section 3 - Third Tiruvaymoli (Kovai Vayal)]
Pasuram 4.1.4 < [Section 1 - First Tiruvaymoli (Oru nayakamay)]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter XV - Kansa sent Akrura to invite Krishna < [Book V]
Chapter XXIX - Slaughter of demon Naraka < [Book V]
Chapter XII - Indra comes to Krishna < [Book V]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.9.40 < [Chapter 9 - Nityānanda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 43 - Killing of the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 36 - Akrūra deputed to bring Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to Mathurā < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 37 - Slaying of Asuras Keśin and Vyoma < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CXIII < [Book XVI - Suratamañjarī]
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